The percentage of foreign national prisoners (FNPs) in England and Wales prisons as at 30 June each year for the years 1994-2004 inclusive is in the following table. Number of FNPs and the total number of prisoners is included for completeness.
All prisoners FNPs FNPs of total prisoners (percentage) 1994 48,879 3,781 8 1995 51,084 4,089 8 1996 55,256 4,259 8 1997 61,467 4,677 8 1998 65,727 5,133 8 1999 64,529 5.388 8 2000 65,194 5,586 9 2001 66,403 6,926 10 2002 71,218 7,719 11 2003 72,286 8,728 12 2004 74,488 8,941 12
These data were published in December 2005 in Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2004. A copy of this statistical bulletin is in the House of Commons Library and may also be found at the following website:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/hosb2005.html#hosbl705tabs
Generally, data on FNPs are published quarterly in the population in custody bulletin, on the Ministry of Justice website at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/populationincustody.htm
Annual data on FNPs, and other characteristics on the prison population, have been published each year in Offender Management Caseload Statistics from 2003 and before that in Prison Statistics England and Wales. Both publications are in the House of Commons of Library and may also be accessed via the Ministry of Justice website at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/prisonandprobation.htm
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.