As in previous years, below we provide the most relevant statistics collected from the Administration on deprivation of liberty in 2016. The annexes, available on the Ombudsman website, provide additional information of interest. IV.1. Short-term deprivation of liberty 200. During 2016, the total number of detentions with committal to jail cells carried out by the CNP, Civil Guard and the autonomous police was 317,855, as reflected in the table below. A slight increase is observed with respect to the number of detentions carried out in 2015 (301,306 people). Table 22. Detentions with committal to jail cells Police forces Number of detentions Cuerpo Nacional de Policía Civil Guard Basque Police Catalonian Police Navarre Regional Police Canary Islands Police TOTAL 214,211 59,732 5,268 37,586 1,055 3 317,855 Source: Produced in-house using data provided by the various administrations. 201. According to information provided by the Directorate-General of the Police, during 2016 the number of detentions with committal to jail cells of foreign nationals, due to a breach of the Immigration Act [Ley de Extranjería], was 35,882, reflecting a downward trend with respect to previous years: 36,327 in 2015 and 42,245 in 2014. 202. The DGP has reported that, over 206, a total of 24,954 identifications were carried out (compared with 30,369 in 2015 and 38,419 in 2014), further to Article 16 of Organic Act 4/2015, of 30 March, on the protection of citizen safety. 203. Annex IV.1 provides the following data:  Detentions with committal to jail cells carried out by the CNP and the Civil Guard, broken down by autonomous communities/cities and provinces, and those carried out by the autonomous police forces in the territories under their jurisdiction. 137