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Immigration: Detainees

Answer

Information on foreign nationals held in prison establishments in England and Wales is currently collected centrally on the basis of country of origin. This information is not broken down further by immigration status. The position on 30 September 2006 can be found in the attached table drawn from data held on the prison IT system. 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 by nationality and sex England and Wales 30 September 2006
Nationality	Male	Female	Total
All nationalities	74,782	4,573	79,355
UK nationals	64,063	3,539	67,602
Foreign nationals	9,988	940	10,928
Not recorded	731	94	825
Total Africa	2,708	342	3,051
Angola	69	5	74
Burundi	9	1	10
Dahomey (Benin)	10	0	10
Botswana	4	0	4
Ivory Coast	26	2	28
Central African Republic	7	0	7
Congo	106	3	109
Cameroon, United Republic	33	2	35
Cape Verde	1	0	1
Algeria	206	0	206
Egypt	9	1	10
Ethiopia	68	2	70
Ghana	177	29	206
Gambia	40	3	43
Guinea	15	0	15
Equatorial Guinea	1	0	1
Guinea/Bissau	3	0	3
Kenya	50	5	55
Liberia	27	4	31
Libya	31	0	31
Morocco	48	3	51
Mali	1	0	1
Mauritania	1	0	1
Mauritius	24	1	25
Malawi	11	1	12
Mozambique	1	0	1
Namibia	4	1	5
Niger	3	0	3
Nigeria	762	212	974
Rwanda	15	0	15
Seychelles	1	0	1
Sudan	53	1	54
Sierre Leone	86	5	91
Senegal	9	0	9
Somalia	335	14	350
Chad	1	0	1
Togo	8	4	13
Tunisia	18	0	18
Tanzania	18	0	18
Uganda	84	6	90
Western Sahara	1	0	1
South Africa	139	23	162
Zambia	14	2	16
Congo, Democratic Republic	32	0	32
Zimbabwe	145	15	159
Total Asia	1,607	94	1,701
Bangladesh	197	1	198
Bhutan	1	0	1
Burma	4	1	5
China	242	37	279
Hong Kong	7	0	7
Indonesia	4	0	4
India	261	9	271
Japan	1	0	1
Cambodia	1	0	1
Korea Republic of (Sth)	3	0	3
Sri Lanka	157	0	157
Myanmar, Union of (Burma)	1	0	1
Mongolia	6	0	6
Malaysia	24	4	28
Nepal	4	0	4
Phillipines	12	4	16
Pakistan	430	6	437
Singapore	2	0	2
Thailand	2	4	6
Taiwan (Nationalist Chinese)	1	0	1
Vietnam	246	26	272
Total Central and South America	312	56	368
Argentina	3	1	4
Bolivia	4	1	5
Brazil	43	14	57
Belize	3	0	3
Chile	15	1	16
Colombia	120	14	135
Costa Rica	4	0	4
Ecuador	12	1	13
French Guyana	4	0	4
Guatemala	4	0	4
Guyana	30	8	38
Honduras	1	0	1
Mexico	13	1	14
Panama	2	1	3
Peru	5	0	5
Paraguay	1	0	1
Surinam	7	1	8
South Georgia	1	0	1
El Salvador	0	3	3
Uruguay	3	0	3
Venezuela	37	10	47
Total Europe	2,922	233	3,155
Albania	127	4	131
Armenia	4	0	4
Austria	9	3	12
Azerbijan	3	0	3
Bosnia-Hercegovina	6	5	11
Belgium	43	4	47
Bulgaria	10	0	10
Croatia	10	2	11
Switzerland	4	2	6
Czech Republic	31	5	36
Cyprus	61	2	63
Germany	113	18	131
Denmark	10	1	11
Estonia	16	0	16
Spain	74	13	87
Finland	3	0	3
France	154	17	171
Georgia	13	0	13
Gibraltar	2	0	2
Greece	24	4	28
Hungary	19	1	20
Irish Republic	643	48	692
Iceland	1	0	1
Italy	117	9	126
Kazakhstan	2	1	3
Kyrgystan	4	0	4
Lithuania	177	13	190
Latvia	49	2	51
Moldova	33	0	33
Macedonia	5	0	5
Serbia and Montenegro	98	0	98
Malta	10	0	10
Netherlands	118	29	147
Norway	5	0	5
Poland	240	9	248
Portugal	159	13	172
Romania	130	10	140
Sweden	8	6	14
Slovakia	18	4	22
Slovenia	3	1	4
Russia	104	9	113
Turkey	255	1	256
Turkmenistan	2	0	2
Uzbekistan	3	0	3
Total Middle East	647	6	652
United Arab Emirates	5	0	5
Afghanistan	89	1	90
Iran	188	3	191
Israel	20	0	20
Iraq	269	0	269
Jordan	11	0	11
Kuwait	14	0	14
Lebanon	26	1	27
Oman	1	0	1
Saudi Arabia	12	1	13
Syrian Arab Republic	3	0	3
Yemen, Republic of	8	0	8
Total North America	102	25	127
Canada	21	5	26
United States of America	81	20	101
Total Oceania	38	4	42
Australia	19	1	20
Fiji	11	2	13
French Southern Territories	1	0	1
Kiribati	1	0	1
New Zealand	6	1	7
Total Other	7	0	7
Total unrecorded	731	94	825
West Indies	1,644	181	1826
Aruba	1	0	1
Anguilla	1	0	1
Netherlands Antilles	23	8	31
Barbados	27	3	30
Bermuda	4	0	4
Bahamas	4	0	4
Cuba	1	0	1
Dominica	4	0	4
Dominican Republic	8	2	10
Grenada	27	6	34
Haiti	2	0	2
Jamaica	1,406	132	1,538
St Lucia	23	6	29
Montserrat	17	0	17
St Christopher & Nevis	1	0	1
St Kitts and Nevis	2	0	2
Trinidad and Tobago	79	23	103
St Vincent & The Grenadines	12	1	13

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

1026; 689 c252-6WA

Session

2006-07

Subjects

Foreign nationals Prisoners Nationality

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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