Dear Mr Mason

SUBJECT: Freedom of Information Request

Thank you for your email of 29 May, in which you asked for the number of immigration detainees in prison from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).

Your request has been passed to me because I have responsibility for answering requests which relate to the National Offender Management Service and has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

I can confirm that the Department holds the information you are seeking, and I am pleased to inform you that this information is already in the public domain.

You can find the information at the Department's website free of charge at the following internet address:

http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/prisonandprobation.htm

http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/populationincustody.htm

As the information you are seeking is already available in the public domain, it is exempt from disclosure under Section 21 (Information accessible to the applicant by other means) of the FOIA.

As part of our obligations under the FOIA, the Ministry of Justice has an independent review process. If you are dissatisfied with this decision, you may write to request an internal review. The internal review will be carried out by someone who did not make the original decision, and they will re-assess how the Department handled the original request.

If you wish to request an internal review, please write or send an email to the Data Access and Compliance Unit within two months of the date of this letter, at the following address:

Data Access and Compliance Unit

Information Directorate

Ministry of Justice

6^th Floor,

Post point 6.24

102 Petty France

London

SW1H 9AJ

e-mail: [email address]

If you remain dissatisfied after an internal review decision, you have the right to apply to the Information Commissioner's Office under Section 50 of the FOIA. You can contact the Information Commissioner's Office at the following address:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Internet: https://www.ico.gov.uk/Global/contact_us.aspx

Yours sincerely

Natasha Thompson