Latest figures show that 35 children were detained between July and September this year, an 89 per cent reduction on the same period the previous year.
The Outcry campaign, set up by the Children's Society and Bail for Immigration, called the reduction "significant" but urged the government to honour its commitment to ending the detention of all children for immigration purposes immediately.
Penny Nicholls, children and young people director at the Children's Society, said: "The government has promised to end immigration detention of children and we fully expect them to honour this commitment and end this abhorrent practice without further delay."
Outcry is also concerned that since the government promised to end the practice in May at least 85 children have been detained for immigration reasons.
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