To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the 32 foreign national prisoners held in Channings Wood prison as at 15 February are still being held at Channings Wood; how many have been released; and how many of those that have been released have been deported. (101843)

[holding answer 23 November 2006]: As of 29 January, four foreign national prisoners who were held at Channings Wood on 15 February 2006 are still being held at that prison.

The further information requested on those who are no longer at Channings Wood is not centrally held by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate and to provide this would involve an individual examination of case files at disproportionate cost.

Prisoners leave establishments for a number of different reasons including, for example, removal from the UK, or on transfer to other prison establishments or Immigration Removal Centres.