Figures showing the numbers of foreign national prisoners held in prison establishments in England and Wales can be found in the following table.
Foreign national prisoners British nationals Not recorded All prisoners 2002 7,719 62,553 946 71,218 2003 8,728 62,417 1,142 72,286 2004 8,941 64,379 1,168 74,488 2005 9,651 65,670 869 76,190 2006 10,879 66,160 944 77,982 2007 (April) 11,231 68,124 905 80,261
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.