§ 48. Sir C. Osborneasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give in column form the numbers of receptions into prisons and borstals in England and Wales in the last 12 months, of Commonwealth
PERSONS RECEIVED UNDER SENTENCE *Nationality or country of origin 1962 1963 Male Female Total Male Female Total Commonwealth Africa … 208 7 215 232 8 240 Australia … 22 3 25 32 — 32 Canada … 83 6 89 88 10 98 Cyprus … 147 1 148 140 3 143 India … 165 13 178 208 4 212 Malta … 109 3 112 108 4 112 New Zealand … 12 1 13 17 — 17 Pakistan … 49 — 49 73 — 73 West Indies … 701 19 720 753 26 779 Other … 146 10 156 131 6 137 Total … 1,642 63 1,705 1,782 61 1,843 Irish Republic … 3,688 85 3,773 3,568 100 3,668 Aliens Africa … 72 2 74 73 — 73 America … 63 11 74 71 7 78 Asia … 23 — 23 34 — 34 Baltic … 51 2 53 61 3 64 Germany … 36 12 48 46 10 56 Hungary … 259 6 265 220 7 227 Italy … 25 15 40 23 6 29 Poland … 192 5 197 158 1 159 Other … 125 46 171 107 22 129 Total … 846 99 945 793 56 849 GRAND TOTAL … 6,176 247 6,423 6,143 217 6,360 * In the absence of positive information about nationality it is sometimes necessary to classify a prisoner by his country of origin. The figures may therefore include some persons of overseas origin who are in fact United Kingdom citizens.