HC Deb 14 February 1924 vol 169 c995
40. Mr. A. SOMERVILLE

asked the tinder-Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he can state the number of aliens, naturalised or not, now serving terms of imprisonment in the United Kingdom?

Mr. DAVIES

I am informed that out of a. total of 9,455 prisoners under sentence in prisons in England and Wales, 117 are aliens. In Scottish prisons there are 19 aliens among the 1,820 prisoners. There are no aliens in prison in Northern Ireland.

Mr. M AXTON

How many alien prisoners in Scottish prisons are of English nationality?

Mr. DAVIES

It would be difficult to give that reply to-day, but I can tell the hon. Member that there are no Welshmen there.

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