Abscond from detention arrests 1113/2025

FOI Reference: 1113/2025

Request:

Please provide the number of arrests made for the following offences:

1) Abscond from detention under s.40(7)(c) – Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 

and

2)  Abscond from a designated immigration officer having been detained under section 2 - UK Borders Act 2007

for each of the following financial years

• 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023
• 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024
• 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025

If available, please present the data as a simple count of arrests for each year. If no arrests were recorded in any of the above years, please confirm this.

Response:

I can confirm that there is no information held by Dyfed-Powys Police due to the fact that zero (0) arrests were made for the offences requested above in the timeframe specified.                                               

It should be noted that as a result of the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such information that the information released may or may not be accurate.

Furthermore, it should also be noted that Police forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime statistics to government bodies and the recording criteria is set nationally. However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the crime data. It should be noted that for these reasons this force's response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other response you may receive.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 22/12/2025)