(2) how many (a) Lithuanian and (b) Slovenian nationals are in prison in the UK;
(3) how many (a) Bulgarian and (b) Romanian nationals are in prison in the UK;
(4) how many (a) Polish and (b) Estonian nationals are in prison in the UK.
The information requested is published quarterly for England and Wales, within the regular prison population in custody statistics available from the Ministry of Justice website:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/populationincustody.htm
The following table shows the information requested:
Number China 349 Nigeria 1,098 Lithuania 203 Slovenia 5 Bulgaria 33 Romania 140 Poland 362 Estonia 22 Note: Figures available from website: http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/population-in-custodySep07.pdf
Information on the numbers of foreign national prisoners serving prison sentences in prison establishments in Scotland and Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Scottish Executive and Northern Ireland Prison Service respectively.
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.