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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:


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Number

30 June 1997

Irish Republic

734

Jamaica

651

Pakistan

336

India

272

Nigeria

243

Turkey

155

Netherlands

155

Ghana

114

Columbia

100

Italy

92

USA

81

Algeria

73

Cyprus

77

Bangladesh

75

Germany

78

Somalia

67

South Africa

64

France

63

China

51

Portugal

46

30 June 2007

Jamaica

1,276

Nigeria

844

Irish Republic

605

Vietnam

391

Pakistan

375

Somalia

334

China

331

Poland

301

India

279

Iraq

256

Turkey

210

Iran

201

Lithuania

182

Algeria

178

Portugal

178

Ghana

174

Zimbabwe

174

Albania

163

South Africa

158

Bangladesh

157


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:


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Number

Austria

14

Belgium

40

Bulgaria

33

Cyprus

52

Czech Republic

54

Denmark

9

Estonia

22

Finland

3

France

152

Germany

131

Greece

20

Hungary

22

Irish Republic

651

Italy

95

Latvia

59

Lithuania

203

Luxembourg

0

Malta

6

Netherlands

118

Poland

362

Portugal

192

Romania

140

Slovakia

20

Slovenia

5

Spain

72

Sweden

15

Total

2,491


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)

1983

1,321

46

1984

1,486

40

1985

1,385

23

1986

1,075

20

1987

919

28

1988

936

27

1989

868

24

1990

845

25

1991

976

12

1992

1,044

23

1993

1,306

24

1994

1,454

23

1995

1,370

26

1996

461

5

1997

372

3

1998

326

1

1999

215

5

2000

149

7

2001

73

2

2002

79

3

2003

76

3

2004

138

4

2005

160

1

2006

148

6

(1) The population figure is as at 30 June every year

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