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Prisoners
Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which 20 nationalities had the highest number of (a) prisoners and (b) prisoners without leave to remain in the UK in custody in the UK in (i) 1997 and (ii) the most recent year for which figures are available. [177456]
Mr. Hanson: The available information for England and Wales relates to the numbers of foreign national prisoners, not taking account of their leave to remain status, held in prison establishments in England and Wales at 30 June 1997 and 30 June 2007. This is published in “Prison Statistics England and Wales 1997”, table 6.2, and “Population in Custody June 2007” monthly tables available at:
The following table is derived from these published tables:
| Number | |
Information relating to immigration status could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Comparable information for Scotland and Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Scottish Executive and the Northern Ireland Prison Service.
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
Prisoners: EC Nationals
Mr. Malins: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many nationals of other EU member states are in prison in England and Wales. [178114]
Mr. Hanson: The information requested is published quarterly for England and Wales, within the regular prison population in custody statistics available from the Ministry of Justice website:
At 30 September 2007 there were 2,491 foreign nationals in prison establishments in England and Wales who were non-British EU nationals. This includes those held under the Immigration Act 1971 (including those in the immigration removal centres of Dover, Haslar and Lindholme) as well as those held on remand or serving custodial sentences.
The following table shows the information requested by nationality, as at 30 September 2007:
| Number | |
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
Prisoners: Females
John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many women have been sent to prison for non-payment of fines for loitering and soliciting since 1983; [177015]
(2) how many women are in prison for non-payment of fines for loitering and soliciting; [177016]
(3) how many women are in prison for non-payment of fines; and how many were in prison in each year since 1983. [177017]
Mr. Hanson: The number of female prisoners received into, and detained within, all prison establishments in England and Wales 1983-2006, excluding police cells, as fine defaulters, can be found in this table:
| Total yearly receptions | Population( 1) | |
| (1) The population figure is as at 30 June every year | ||
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