asked Her Majesty's Government:How many British citizens suspected, charged or convicted of drug offences, excluding cannabis, were being held in prison outside the United Kingdom by each foreign and Commonwealth country at 1st October, 1980; and what is the range of sentences being served by these British citizens in each country;How many British citizens suspected, charged or convicted of cannabis offences were being held in prison outside the United Kingdom by each foreign and Commonwealth country at 1st October, 1980; and what is the range of sentences being served by these British citizens in each country; andHow many British citizens suspected, charged or convicted of criminal offences were being held in prison outside the United Kingdom by each foreign and Commonwealth country at 1st October, 1980; and what is the range of the sentences being served by these British citizens in each country.
The following table contains information in reply to the noble Lord's three questions:
| TABLE SHOWING NUMBER OF UNITED KINGDOM NATIONALS KNOWN TO BE ARRESTED, CHARGED OR CONVICTED OF OFFENCES AND HELD IN PRISONS OVERSEAS TOGETHER WITH THE RANGE OF SENTENCES AS AT 5TH NOVEMBER 1980 | |||
Country
| Drug Offences (excluding cannabis) | Cannabis Offences
| Other Offences or Reasons
|
| Angola | — | — | 7 (16–30 yrs.) |
| Argentina | — | — | 2 (n.y.s.)* |
| Australia | 1 (4 yrs.) | 1 (10 yrs.) | 5 (2½ yrs.-life) |
| Austria | 2 (1–2½ yrs.) | — | 9(18 mths.-9 yrs.) |
| Bahamas | — | — | 1 (n.y.s.)* |
| Bahrain | — | — | 1 (1 mth.) |
| Barbados | — | — | 2 (death) |
| Belgium | 15 (3 mths-5 yrs.) | 4 (3 yrs.) | 14 (9 mths.-life) |
| Bermuda | — | — | 2 (2 mths.) |
| Bolivia | 3 (n.y.s.)* | — | — |
| Botswana | — | — | 1 (11 yrs.) |
| Bulgaria | 3 (3½–8 yrs.) | — | — |
| Canada | 5 (6 mths.-7 yrs.) | 4 (7–8 yrs.) | 6 (3½ yrs.-life) |
| Chile | 1 (5 yrs.) | — | — |
| Cuba | — | 1 (8 yrs.) | 1 (18 yrs.) |
| Cyprus | — | — | 3 (9 mths.-15 mths.) |
| Denmark | 9 (2–6 yrs.) | — | 12 (4 mths-14 yrs.) |
| Egypt | — | — | 1 (20 yrs.) |
| France | 32(1½ yrs.-12 yrs.) | 13 (1–5 yrs.) | 30 (3 mths-5 yrs.) |
| FRG | 27 (6 mths.-9 yrs.) | 4 (1–7 yrs.) | 65 (1 mth-life) |
| Greece | 12 (3–12 yrs.) | 2 (6 mths-8 yrs.) | 9(7 mths-15 yrs.) |
| Guatemala | 1 (3 yrs.) | — | 3 (5 yrs.) |
| Hong Kong | — | — | 1 (15 yrs.) |
| India | — | 3 (8 mths.-2 yrs.) | 3 (8 mths.) |
| Iran | — | — | 4 (n.y.s.)* |
| Iraq | — | — | 1 (life) |
| Israel | — | — | 1 (5 yrs.) |
| Italy | 12 (2–6 yrs.) | — | 9 (5 mths.-2 yrs.) |
| Jamaica | — | — | 1 (life) |
| Japan | 7 (4½ yrs.-6 yrs.) | 1 (6 yrs.) | 4 (deportation-7 yrs.) |
| Kenya | — | — | 2 (14–18 yrs.) |
| Liberia | — | — | 1 (n.y.s.)* |
| Libya | 1 (n.y.s.)* | — | 4 (not yet charged) |
| Malawi | — | — | 2 (4½ yrs) 1 (n.y.s.*) |
| Mexico | 3 (7–8½ yrs.) | — | — |
| Morocco | — | 1 (1 yr.) | 2 (12–30 yrs.) |
| Netherlands | 7 (7 mths-3 yrs.) | — | 11 (6 mths-12 yrs.) |
| Norway | 5 (4 yrs.) | — | 5 (14 mths.) |
| Panama | — | 3 (n.y.s.)* | — |
| Paraguay | — | — | 4 (no details) |
| Peru | 3 (n.y.s.)* | — | — |
| Portugal | 2 (5 yrs.) | — | 2 (n.y.s.)* |
| Qatar | — | — | 2(6–18 mths.) |
| Saudi Arabia | — | 5 (2 yrs. –2 n.y.s.)* | 17 (6 mths.-3 yrs.) |
| South Africa | 2 (5–8 yrs.) | 4 (1–8 yrs.) | 28 (18 mths.-death) |
| Spain | — | 42 (2–9 yrs.) | 16 (2⅓–25⅚ yrs.) |
| Swaziland | — | — | 1 (1 yr.) |
| Sweden | 4 (3 mths.-4 yrs.) | 4 (8 mths.-5½ yrs.) | 4 (2–8 mths.) |
| Switzerland | 4(15 mths.-6½ yrs.) | 1 (2 yrs.) | 5 (20 mths.-12 yrs.) |
| Syria | — | 4 (5 yrs) 2 (n.y.s.*) | 4 (5 yrs) 2 (n.y.s.*) |
| Thailand | 5 (4–11 yrs.) | 5 (4–11 yrs.) | 8(18 mths.-11 yrs.) |
| Trinidad & Tobago | — | — | 1 (n.y.s.)* |
| Turkey | 4 (20–30 yrs.) | — | 1 (n.y.s.)* |
| USA | 4 (3 yrs.-life) | 4(4 mths)3 (n.y.s.*) | 40 (18 mths.-life) |
| Uruguay | — | — | 2 (n.y.s.)* |
| Yugoslavia | 2 (2–4 yrs.) | — | — |
| Zambia | — | — | 2 (5 yrs.) 1 (n.y.s.*) |
| Zimbabwe | — | — | 5 (2 yrs.-life) |
*Not yet sentenced. | |||
House adjourned at twenty-three minutes past five o'clock.