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Overseas Convictions/Arrests
Mr. Clegg:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many cases of British citizens arrested abroad were dealt with by consular staff in each of the last 10 years; and what percentage resulted in a conviction, broken down by country. [115878]
Dr. Howells
[holding answer 15 January 2007]: The following table provides a figure for the number of new detentions of British nationals overseas each year for the past 10 years which consular officials have dealt with. Details of those in detention who are subsequently convicted of an offence are held on individual case files but we do not maintain central statistics. As at 30 September 2006, we were aware of 2,421 British nationals in detention overseas, either on remand or serving a custodial sentence.
| | Number |
|
1996
|
5,639
|
|
1997
|
6,039
|
|
1998
|
6,159
|
|
1999
|
6,501
|
|
2000
|
8,758
|
|
2001
|
7,861
|
|
2002
|
6,501
|
|
2003-04
|
6,744
|
|
2004-05
|
5,227
|
|
2005-06
|
4,814
|
We are able to provide a breakdown by country of those detainees contacted by consular staff for the financial years 2004-05 and 2005-06.
| Country | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
|
Afghanistan
|
9
|
3
|
|
Albania
|
1
|
0
|
|
Algeria
|
0
|
0
|
|
Angola
|
0
|
0
|
|
Antigua and Barbuda
|
17
|
11
|
|
Argentina
|
2
|
8
|
|
Armenia
|
0
|
0
|
|
Australia
|
39
|
41
|
|
Austria
|
8
|
9
|
|
Azerbaijan
|
3
|
1
|
|
Bahamas
|
10
|
2
|
|
Bahrain
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bangladesh
|
10
|
12
|
|
Barbados
|
3
|
15
|
|
Belarus
|
1
|
1
|
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|
Belgium
|
61
|
35
|
|
Belize
|
4
|
1
|
|
Bolivia
|
3
|
4
|
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
1
|
2
|
|
Botswana
|
0
|
2
|
|
Brazil
|
13
|
7
|
|
Brunei
|
0
|
1
|
|
Bulgaria
|
4
|
15
|
|
Burma
|
0
|
0
|
|
Cambodia
|
17
|
5
|
|
Cameroon
|
0
|
1
|
|
Canada
|
29
|
60
|
|
Cayman Islands
|
0
|
3
|
|
Chile
|
0
|
0
|
|
China
|
86
|
42
|
|
Colombia
|
3
|
1
|
|
Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
0
|
0
|
|
Costa Rica
|
4
|
2
|
|
Croatia
|
15
|
6
|
|
Cuba
|
2
|
0
|
|
Cyprus
|
194
|
180
|
|
Czech Republic
|
42
|
22
|
|
Denmark
|
12
|
31
|
|
Djibouti
|
0
|
0
|
|
Dominican Republic
|
7
|
3
|
|
East Timor
|
0
|
0
|
|
Ecuador
|
11
|
2
|
|
Egypt
|
33
|
38
|
|
Eritrea
|
0
|
0
|
|
Estonia
|
0
|
4
|
|
Ethiopia
|
3
|
3
|
|
Fiji
|
0
|
0
|
|
Finland
|
6
|
3
|
|
France
|
118
|
103
|
|
Gambia
|
11
|
7
|
|
Georgia
|
0
|
0
|
|
Germany
|
156
|
188
|
|
Ghana
|
8
|
3
|
|
Greece
|
133
|
200
|
|
Grenada
|
6
|
6
|
|
Guatemala
|
0
|
1
|
|
Guinea
|
0
|
0
|
|
Guyana
|
3
|
1
|
|
Hungary
|
5
|
3
|
|
Iceland
|
1
|
1
|
|
India
|
25
|
24
|
|
Indonesia
|
9
|
14
|
|
Iran
|
0
|
0
|
|
Iraq
|
12
|
29
|
|
Ireland
|
26
|
46
|
|
Israel
|
10
|
5
|
|
Italy
|
20
|
23
|
|
Jamaica
|
132
|
117
|
|
Japan
|
71
|
79
|
|
Jerusalem
|
16
|
12
|
|
Jordan
|
7
|
9
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
0
|
0
|
|
Kenya
|
29
|
21
|
|
Kuwait
|
17
|
14
|
|
Laos
|
1
|
0
|
|
Latvia
|
3
|
4
|
|
Lebanon
|
7
|
11
|
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|
Lesotho
|
0
|
0
|
|
Libya
|
1
|
2
|
|
Lithuania
|
5
|
1
|
|
Luxembourg
|
4
|
2
|
|
Macedonia
|
0
|
0
|
|
Madagascar
|
0
|
0
|
|
Malawi
|
1
|
0
|
|
Malaysia
|
9
|
10
|
|
Mali
|
0
|
0
|
|
Malta
|
1
|
3
|
|
Mauritius
|
3
|
6
|
|
Mexico
|
41
|
22
|
|
Moldova
|
0
|
1
|
|
Mongolia
|
0
|
0
|
|
Morocco
|
17
|
8
|
|
Mozambique
|
4
|
0
|
|
Namibia
|
1
|
0
|
|
Nepal
|
4
|
1
|
|
Netherlands
|
76
|
32
|
|
New Zealand
|
5
|
5
|
|
Nigeria
|
7
|
2
|
|
North Korea
|
0
|
0
|
|
Norway
|
21
|
9
|
|
Oman
|
22
|
24
|
|
Pakistan
|
15
|
22
|
|
Panama
|
8
|
2
|
|
Papua New Guinea
|
0
|
2
|
|
Paraguay
|
3
|
0
|
|
Peru
|
4
|
2
|
|
Philippines
|
15
|
22
|
|
Poland
|
15
|
31
|
|
Portugal
|
72
|
18
|
|
Qatar
|
21
|
26
|
|
Romania
|
1
|
2
|
|
Russia
|
4
|
1
|
|
Rwanda
|
0
|
0
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
7
|
3
|
|
Senegal
|
2
|
1
|
|
Serbia
|
1
|
5
|
|
Seychelles
|
0
|
1
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
3
|
2
|
|
Singapore
|
44
|
27
|
|
Slovakia
|
5
|
3
|
|
Slovenia
|
0
|
3
|
|
Solomon Islands
|
0
|
0
|
|
South Africa
|
8
|
17
|
|
South Korea
|
10
|
9
|
|
Spain
|
1,647
|
1,293
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
1
|
5
|
|
St. Lucia
|
7
|
4
|
|
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
|
1
|
1
|
|
Sudan
|
0
|
5
|
|
Swaziland
|
0
|
0
|
|
Sweden
|
36
|
32
|
|
Switzerland
|
4
|
20
|
|
Syria
|
0
|
0
|
|
Tajikistan
|
0
|
0
|
|
Tanzania
|
5
|
2
|
|
Thailand
|
87
|
98
|
|
Tonga
|
0
|
0
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
16
|
10
|
|
Tunisia
|
3
|
2
|
16 Jan 2007 : Column 1000W
|
Turkey
|
58
|
49
|
|
Turkmenistan
|
0
|
0
|
|
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
0
|
0
|
|
Uganda
|
0
|
1
|
|
Ukraine
|
0
|
1
|
|
United Arab Emirates
|
113
|
143
|
|
Uruguay
|
1
|
1
|
|
USA
|
1,272
|
1,305
|
|
Uzbekistan
|
0
|
4
|
|
Vanuatu
|
0
|
0
|
|
Venezuela
|
10
|
5
|
|
Vietnam
|
3
|
3
|
|
Yemen
|
3
|
1
|
|
Zambia
|
1
|
2
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
20
|
3
|
|
Total
|
5,227
|
4,814
|
