Written question asked by Damian Green (Conservative) on Thursday, 7 December 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 December 2006. It was answered by Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour) on Monday, 18 December 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.

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Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) foreign nationals, broken down by nationality and (b) UK citizens were held in each prison in Kent on 30 November 2006.

Answer

Information on the number of prisoners held in prison establishments, broken down by (a) foreign nationals and (b) UK citizens, in Kent at the end of October 2006 can be found in the following table. This is the latest date for which information is available.These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system, and although shown to the last individual the figures may not be accurate to that level.

Population in prison establishments in Kent¹ by nationality and establishment, England and Wales 31 October² 2006
	Foreign nationals³	British nationals
Blantyre House	4—	123
CookhamWood	38	143
Canterbury	243	27
Standford Hill	34	412
East Sutton Park		93
Elmley	201	782
Maidstone	131	451
Rochester	64	321
Swaleside	183	571
¹ Not including Dover Immigration Removal Centre
² Latest data available
³ 26 prisoners across Kent had unrecorded nationality
4 10 prisoners or fewer

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 108815; 454 c1683W;454 c1685W
Session: 2006-07
Subjects: Foreign nationals Prisoners
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

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