To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the longest period is for which a child under 16 has been detained in (a) prison awaiting trial and (b) an immigration detention centre awaiting a decision on their asylum status in the last 10 years. (174156)

The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only by examining the time each child under 16 has spent on remand and in an immigration centre awaiting a decision on their asylum status at a disproportionate cost.