Section one Context detention (28,735) and a 6% increase in those leaving immigration detention (28,761). Of those leaving immigration detention, 60% were removed from the UK. As of the end of March 2013, 2,853 people were in immigration detention, 6% fewer than the number recorded at the end of March 2012. In the first quarter of 2013, 37 children entered detention, a decrease of 16 on the first quarter of 2012. Projected figures for Scotland suggest an average daily prison population for 2012–13 of 8,300. The most recent figures available for Northern Ireland indicate a prison population of 1,774 in 2012. Due to earlier mis-recording of statistics, official published figures will not be updated until 2014. There has been a major and increasing shift towards community measures since community compulsory treatment was introduced in 2005. There were 4,651 new episodes of compulsory treatment under mental health legislation in Scotland, a rise of around 3% from the previous year. Of these, 236 were admissions under criminal procedures. Only a quarter of all episodes of compulsion lasted for more than 28 days. In England, the population detained in hospitals under the Mental Health Act (MHA) at the end of March 2013 was 16,989, a slight decrease (3%) from the previous year. However, there were 50,408 detentions under the act during the year, suggesting that the duration of MHA detentions have fallen but their frequency increased7. In 2012–13 there were also 11,887 applications completed for deprivation of liberty under the (Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) framework introduced in 2009–108.This is a 4% increase on the 11,382 DoLS applications in 2011–12. In Scotland, there were 3,003 individuals subject to compulsory measures under mental health legislation in January 2013, around a third of whom were subject to community compulsory treatment. 7 Health and Social Care Information Centre (2013) Inpatients formally detained in hospitals under the Mental Health Act 1983, and patients subject to supervised community treatment: Annual Report, England, 2013. 30 October 2013. 8 Health and Social Care Information Centre (2013) Mental Capacity Act 2005, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Assessments (England): Annual Report, 2012/2013. August 2013 13