MR. POWELL-WILLIAMS (Birmingham, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he can now say what numbers of aliens are now in prison; what proportion they bear to the total prison population; and what is the cost of their detention.
*THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. AKERS DOUGLAS, Kent, St. Augustine's)The number of aliens who were in prison on the 2nd instant, when a census was taken, is, so far as can be ascertained, 625; they form about 3 per cent, of the prison population; and the total cost of carrying out their sentences is roughly estimated at £30,000.
MR. POWELL-WILLIAMSIs there any power to restore these persons to their native country on the expiration of their sentences?
§ MR. CLAUDE HAYWhat percentage does the foreign prison population represent of the whole foreign population in this country?