Mark Pritchard:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offenders were released on licence from prisons in England and Wales having served less than half of their custodial sentence in the latest period for which figures are available. [232244]
Mr. Straw:
In 2007, 11,428 prisoners were released earlier than their halfway point of sentence subject to licence conditions on the Home Detention Curfew Scheme and 16,197 prisoners were released under temporary licence on the End of Custody Licence scheme.
The Offender Caseload statistics for 2007 were published on 30 October 2008 and are available on the Ministry of Justice website and in the Library of the House.
Prisoners: Nationality
Damian Green:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what percentage of (a) foreign national prisoners and (b) prisoners of unknown nationality there were in each prison in England and Wales on 1 October 2008. [231574]
Mr. Hanson:
The following table indicates the numbers of prisoners who are recorded as being (a) foreign national and (b) nationality not yet recorded in all prison establishments in England and Wales as at 30 September 2008. Although nationality may not yet be recorded in certain instances, this is not indicative of where nationality is unknown. Relevant checks with other Government Departments are conducted as appropriate in order to ascertain further details.
Foreign nationals in establishment
As a percentage of total population in establishment
Nationality not recorded in establishment
As a percentage of total population in establishment
