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Prisoners: Nationality

Volume 482: debated on Tuesday 4 November 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what percentage of (a) foreign national prisoners and (b) prisoners of unknown nationality there were in each prison in England and Wales on 1 October 2008. (231574)

The following table indicates the numbers of prisoners who are recorded as being (a) foreign national and (b) nationality not yet recorded in all prison establishments in England and Wales as at 30 September 2008. Although nationality may not yet be recorded in certain instances, this is not indicative of where nationality is unknown. Relevant checks with other Government Departments are conducted as appropriate in order to ascertain further details.

Foreign nationals in establishment

As a percentage of total population in establishment

Nationality not recorded in establishment

As a percentage of total population in establishment

Male

Acklington

28

3

0

0

Albany

60

11

7

1

Altcourse

95

8

15

1

Ashfield

27

7

6

2

Ashwell

65

11

1

0

Aylesbury

61

14

0

0

Bedford

93

19

4

1

Belmarsh

193

21

17

2

Birmingham

189

13

32

2

Blantyre House

2

2

1

1

Blundeston

91

18

0

0

Brinsford

45

8

0

0

Bristol

55

9

7

1

Brixton

225

28

16

2

Buckley Hall

19

5

0

0

Bullingdon

153

15

7

1

Bullwood Hall

194

93

0

0

Camp Hill

91

16

34

6

Canterbury

281

97

1

0

Cardiff

74

9

8

1

Castington

15

4

2

1

Channings Wood

44

6

0

0

Chelmsford

114

16

20

3

Coldingley

55

14

3

1

Cookham Wood

5

10

0

0

Dartmoor

29

5

0

0

Deerbolt

12

3

1

0

Doncaster

110

10

53

5

Dorchester

24

10

5

2

Dovegate

107

13

1

0

Dover

298

99

3

1

Durham

76

8

6

1

Edmunds Hill

82

23

0

0

Elmley

145

15

20

2

Erlestoke

54

12

0

0

Everthorpe

35

5

0

0

Exeter

36

7

6

1

Featherstone

70

10

1

0

Feltham

147

23

30

5

Ford

66

12

1

0

Forest Bank

84

7

25

2

Frankland

39

5

2

0

Full Sutton

57

10

0

0

Garth

59

7

1

0

Gartree

44

8

0

0

Glen Parva

69

9

3

0

Gloucester

20

6

13

4

Grendon/Spring Hill

20

4

0

0

Guys Marsh

51

9

0

0

Haslar

160

100

1

1

Haverigg

23

4

0

0

Hewell

200

14

5

0

High Down

229

21

36

3

Highpoint

176

22

3

0

Hindley

15

3

4

1

Hollesley Bay

12

4

0

0

Holme House

44

4

3

0

Hull

47

5

5

0

Huntercombe

58

17

6

2

Kennet

23

7

0

0

Kingston (Portsmouth)

17

9

0

0

Kirkham

8

1

0

0

Kirklevington Grange

0

0

0

0

Lancaster Castle

5

2

0

0

Lancaster Farms

19

4

11

2

Latchmere House

9

5

0

0

Leeds

84

9

6

1

Leicester

62

17

7

2

Lewes

75

11

7

1

Leyhill

37

8

0

0

Lincoln

67

9

9

1

Lindholme

162

15

46

4

Littlehey

119

16

0

0

Liverpool

116

8

10

1

Long Lartin

67

15

0

0

Lowdham Grange

104

15

2

0

Maidstone

96

20

1

0

Manchester

197

16

43

4

Moorland Open

6

2

0

0

Moorland Closed

41

5

0

0

North Sea Camp

16

5

1

0

Northallerton

5

2

0

0

Norwich

63

12

8

1

Nottingham

73

13

14

3

Onley

55

10

4

1

Pare

45

4

5

0

Parkhurst

80

16

6

1

Pentonville

327

29

30

3

Peterborough

104

17

18

3

Portland

77

13

3

0

Preston

33

4

5

1

Ranby

100

9

2

0

Reading

14

5

4

2

Risley

73

7

0

0

Rochester

79

17

0

0

Rye Hill

135

21

0

0

Shepton Mallet

5

3

0

0

Shrewsbury

39

13

3

1

Stafford

71

10

0

0

Standford Hill

42

9

1

0

Stocken

74

9

2

0

Stoke Heath

17

3

3

0

Sudbury

16

3

0

0

Swaleside

151

20

1

0

Swansea

36

9

3

1

Swinfen Hall

46

7

1

0

The Mount

219

29

3

0

The Verne

359

61

0

0

The Wolds

18

5

0

0

Thorn Cross

1

0

1

0

Usk/Prescoed

17

4

0

0

Wakefield

55

7

2

0

Wandsworth

478

29

89

5

Warren Hill

12

6

15

7

Wayland

134

13

5

0

Wealstun

33

6

1

0

Wellingborough

95

15

1

0

Werrington

7

5

7

5

Wetherby

5

2

6

2

Whatton

70.

8

0

0

Whitemoor

66

15

3

1

Winchester

62

11

2

0

Woodhill

114

14

21

3

Wormwood Scrubs

457

36

20

2

Wymott

60

6

0

0

Female

Askham Grange

3

3

8

0

Bronzefield

103

25

49

12

Downview

73

20

1

0

Drake Halt

50

20

1

0

East Sutton Park

8

9

0

0

Eastwood Park

41

13

2

1

Foston Hall

16

7

3

1

Holloway

126

26

17

4

Low Newton

22

7

0

0

Morton Hail

235

68

0

0

New Hall

41

10

7

2

Peterborough

57

16

10

3

Send

38

14

1

0

Styal

35

8

5

1

Total

11,168

13

944

1

Population data were published on the Ministry of Justice website on 31 October 2008 in line with standard practice:

http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/populationincustody.htm

This information is updated quarterly.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer he was given on 15 October 2008, Official Report, column 1235W.

These figures include prisoners held on remand or serving custodial sentences, as well as those held under the Immigration Act 1971 (including those in the immigration removal centres of Dover, Haslar and Lindholme).

In September’s data around 77 per cent. of prisoners for whom nationality is unrecorded are remand prisoners. Unrecorded nationalities account for 1 per cent. of the overall population.

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.