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Mr. Hayes:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many foreign nationals there were in UK prisons in the most recent period for which figures are available, broken down by country of origin. [181708]
Mr. Hanson:
At the end of September 2007, the latest date on which published data is available, there were 11,211 foreign national prisoners held in all prison establishments in England and Wales.
Information on the country of origin of individual prisoners is not available, and may not be the same as their nationality. The following table gives a breakdown by nationality of all foreign national prisoners in prison establishments in England and Wales. It is
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available quarterly as Table 5 within the population in custody monthly published tables at the following website:
The latest edition containing Table 5 is given at:
Comparable information for Scotland and Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Scottish Executive and the Northern Ireland Prison Service.
For the proportion of total prisoners who are foreign nationals, Council of Europe data on foreign national prisoners held in other major western countries reveal much higher proportions, for example in Austria (43 per cent.), Spain (33 per cent.), Germany (28 per cent.) and France (21 per cent.) than the figure for England and Wales (14 per cent.), based on 2006 population data.
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.
| Population in prison by nationality and sex—England and Wales 30 September 2007 |
| Nationality | Male | Female | Total |
|
All nationalities
|
76,439
|
4,416
|
80,855
|
|
UK nationals
|
65,387
|
3,338
|
68,725
|
|
Foreign nationals
|
10,223
|
988
|
11,211
|
|
Not recorded
|
829
|
90
|
919
|
| | | | |
|
Total Africa
|
2,874
|
439
|
3,313
|
|
Angola
|
80
|
6
|
86
|
|
Burundi
|
10
|
0
|
10
|
|
Benin
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
|
Botswana
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
|
Ivory Coast
|
26
|
1
|
27
|
|
Central African Republic
|
9
|
0
|
9
|
|
Congo
|
112
|
7
|
119
|
|
Cameroon, United Republic
|
36
|
2
|
38
|
|
Cape Verde
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Algeria
|
190
|
2
|
192
|
|
Egypt
|
16
|
0
|
16
|
|
Ethiopia
|
39
|
1
|
40
|
|
Ghana
|
206
|
34
|
240
|
|
Gambia
|
40
|
4
|
44
|
|
Guinea
|
13
|
1
|
14
|
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Guinea/Bissau
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Kenya
|
66
|
12
|
78
|
|
Liberia
|
20
|
8
|
28
|
|
Lesotho
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
Libya
|
18
|
0
|
18
|
|
Morocco
|
43
|
1
|
44
|
|
Mali
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
|
Mauritania
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
|
Mauritius
|
16
|
1
|
17
|
|
Malawi
|
11
|
1
|
12
|
|
Mozambique
|
6
|
0
|
6
|
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|
Namibia
|
4
|
1
|
5
|
|
Niger
|
6
|
0
|
6
|
|
Nigeria
|
873
|
226
|
1,098
|
|
St. Pierre And Miquelon
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Rwanda
|
19
|
0
|
19
|
|
Sudan
|
44
|
2
|
46
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
75
|
9
|
84
|
|
Senegal
|
4
|
1
|
5
|
|
Somalia
|
369
|
10
|
379
|
|
Swaziland
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Chad
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Togo
|
8
|
2
|
10
|
|
Tunisia
|
21
|
0
|
21
|
|
Tanzania
|
16
|
1
|
17
|
|
Uganda
|
72
|
5
|
77
|
|
Western Sahara
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
South Africa
|
166
|
59
|
225
|
|
Zambia
|
15
|
3
|
18
|
|
Congo, Democratic Republic
|
35
|
0
|
35
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
172
|
38
|
211
|
| | | | |
|
Total Asia
|
1,903
|
114
|
2,017
|
|
Afghanistan
|
96
|
0
|
96
|
|
Bangladesh
|
160
|
4
|
164
|
|
Burma
|
5
|
0
|
5
|
|
China
|
313
|
36
|
349
|
|
Hong Kong
|
5
|
1
|
6
|
|
Indonesia
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
|
India
|
306
|
14
|
320
|
|
British Indian Ocean Territories
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Japan
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
Cambodia
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Korea, Republic of (South)
|
6
|
0
|
6
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
148
|
2
|
150
|
|
Mongolia
|
7
|
1
|
8
|
|
Malaysia
|
21
|
5
|
26
|
|
Philippines
|
16
|
4
|
20
|
|
Pakistan
|
402
|
10
|
412
|
|
Singapore
|
3
|
3
|
6
|
|
Thailand
|
4
|
3
|
7
|
|
Vietnam
|
404
|
31
|
434
|
| | | | |
|
Total Central and South America
|
292
|
41
|
333
|
|
Argentina
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
|
Bolivia
|
6
|
1
|
7
|
|
Brazil
|
65
|
9
|
74
|
|
Belize
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Chile
|
9
|
1
|
10
|
|
Colombia
|
108
|
6
|
114
|
|
Costa Rica
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
|
Ecuador
|
9
|
1
|
10
|
|
French Guyana
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
|
Guatemala
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
|
Guyana
|
30
|
7
|
38
|
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|
Honduras
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Mexico
|
17
|
5
|
22
|
|
Panama
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
|
Peru
|
6
|
0
|
6
|
|
Paraguay
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
Surinam
|
9
|
1
|
10
|
|
El Salvador
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
|
Uruguay
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Venezuela
|
16
|
4
|
20
|
| | | | |
|
Total Europe
|
2,943
|
218
|
3,162
|
|
Albania
|
173
|
1
|
174
|
|
Armenia
|
5
|
0
|
5
|
|
Austria
|
12
|
2
|
14
|
|
Azerbaijan
|
4
|
0
|
4
|
|
Bosnia-Herzegovina
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
|
Belgium
|
37
|
3
|
40
|
|
Bulgaria
|
18
|
15
|
33
|
|
Croatia
|
10
|
1
|
11
|
|
Switzerland
|
6
|
1
|
7
|
|
Czech Republic
|
49
|
5
|
54
|
|
Cyprus
|
50
|
2
|
52
|
|
Germany
|
119
|
12
|
131
|
|
Denmark
|
9
|
0
|
9
|
|
Estonia
|
19
|
3
|
22
|
|
Spain
|
61
|
12
|
72
|
|
Finland
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
|
France
|
137
|
15
|
152
|
|
Georgia
|
16
|
0
|
16
|
|
Gibraltar
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
|
Greece
|
15
|
5
|
20
|
|
Hungary
|
19
|
3
|
22
|
|
Irish Republic
|
618
|
34
|
651
|
|
Iceland
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Italy
|
87
|
8
|
95
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
4
|
0
|
4
|
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
|
Lithuania
|
197
|
6
|
203
|
|
Latvia
|
57
|
2
|
59
|
|
Moldova
|
26
|
2
|
28
|
|
Macedonia
|
8
|
0
|
8
|
|
Serbia and Montenegro
|
90
|
2
|
92
|
|
Malta
|
6
|
0
|
6
|
|
Netherlands
|
99
|
19
|
118
|
|
Norway
|
5
|
0
|
5
|
|
Poland
|
342
|
20
|
362
|
|
Portugal
|
183
|
9
|
192
|
|
Romania
|
123
|
17
|
140
|
|
Sweden
|
11
|
4
|
15
|
|
Slovakia
|
18
|
2
|
20
|
|
San Marino
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Slovenia
|
4
|
1
|
5
|
|
Russia
|
82
|
12
|
94
|
|
Turkey
|
202
|
1
|
203
|
|
Turkmenistan
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
|
Uzbekistan
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
| | | | |
|
Total Middle East
|
558
|
10
|
568
|
|
United Arab Emirates
|
8
|
0
|
8
|
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|
Iran
|
200
|
7
|
207
|
|
Israel
|
23
|
0
|
23
|
|
Iraq
|
253
|
2
|
254
|
|
Jordan
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
|
Kuwait
|
11
|
0
|
11
|
|
Lebanon
|
23
|
1
|
24
|
|
Oman
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Qatar
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
12
|
0
|
12
|
|
Syrian Arab Republic
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
|
Yemen, Republic of
|
10
|
0
|
10
|
| | | | |
|
Total North America
|
119
|
12
|
131
|
|
Canada
|
19
|
6
|
25
|
|
United States of America
|
100
|
6
|
106
|
| | | | |
|
Total Oceania
|
49
|
2
|
51
|
|
Australia
|
24
|
2
|
26
|
|
Fiji
|
11
|
0
|
11
|
|
French Southern Territories
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Kiribati
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
New Zealand
|
10
|
0
|
10
|
|
Papua New Guinea
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
| | | | |
|
Total other
|
13
|
0
|
13
|
| | | | |
|
West Indies
|
1,471
|
151
|
1,622
|
|
Anguilla
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Netherlands Antilles
|
7
|
4
|
11
|
|
Barbados
|
32
|
3
|
35
|
|
Bermuda
|
4
|
0
|
4
|
|
Bahamas
|
5
|
0
|
5
|
|
Cuba
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
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|
Dominica
|
12
|
1
|
13
|
|
Dominican Republic
|
8
|
3
|
11
|
|
Grenada
|
15
|
3
|
18
|
|
Haiti
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Jamaica
|
1,225
|
102
|
1,357
|
|
St. Lucia
|
29
|
7
|
36
|
|
Montserrat
|
15
|
1
|
16
|
|
Federation of St. Christopher and Nevis
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
69
|
23
|
92
|
|
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
|
11
|
3
|
14
|
Notes : These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems. Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system, and so, although shown to the last individual, the figure may not be accurate to that level.
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