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Simon Hughes
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British citizens are in prison in each Commonwealth country. [120608]
Mr. Mullin
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office collates prisoner totals on a quarterly basis. For the quarter ending on 31 March 2003, we were aware of 411 British nationals detained in Commonwealth countries.The table gives a breakdown of the number of prisoners detained in each Commonwealth country.
| British Nationals Imprisoned in Commonwealth Countries as of 31 March 2003 | |
| Country | Total imprisoned |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 7 |
| Australia | 91 |
| Bangladesh | 1 |
| Barbados | 26 |
| Belize | 0 |
| Botswana | 0 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 0 |
| Cameroon | 0 |
| Canada | 16 |
| Cyprus | 16 |
| Dominica | 1 |
| Fiji Islands | 0 |
| Ghana | 1 |
| Grenada | 17 |
| Guyana | 2 |
| India | 22 |
| Jamaica | 124 |
| Kenya | 1 |
| Kiribati | 0 |
| Lesotho | 0 |
| Malawi | 1 |
| Malaysia | 1 |
| Maldives | 0 |
| Malta | 7 |
| Mauritius | 0 |
| Mozambique | 0 |
| Namibia | 0 |
| Nauru | 0 |
| New Zealand | 12 |
| Nigeria | 1 |
| Pakistan | 6 |
| Papua New Guinea | 0 |
| Samoa | 0 |
| British Nationals Imprisoned in Commonwealth Countries as of 31 March 2003 | |
| Country | Total imprisoned |
| Seychelles | 0 |
| Sierra Leone | 0 |
| Singapore | 11 |
| Solomon Islands | 0 |
| South Africa | 19 |
| Sri Lanka | 0 |
| St Kitts and Nevis | 1 |
| St Lucia | 6 |
| St Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 |
| Swaziland | 0 |
| The Bahamas | 0 |
| The Gambia | 0 |
| Tonga | 0 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 18 |
| Tuvalu | 0 |
| Uganda | 0 |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 0 |
| Vanuatu | 0 |
| Zambia | 1 |
| Zimbabwe* | 0 |
| Total | 411 |
| * Zimbabwe currently suspended from the Commonwealth | |