Andrew Smith MP has entered a debate about child detainees at immigration centres.
The Oxford East Labour member tabled a question in the House of Commons about the issue.
It comes after it was revealed that a young person was held at Campsfield House in Kidlington for between two and three months earlier this year.
In his question, Mr Smith asked immigration minister Mark Harper how many children were subject to detention in adult immigration removal centres in each of the last three years.
Mr Harper said there had been 418 in 2010, 85 in 2011 and 97 in 2012.
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