§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many(a) male and (b) female UK citizens were being held in overseas prisons on 1 April 1999; and if he will list the countries in which these are being held. [83585]
§ Mr. Robin CookThere were 1,805 male and 172 female UK citizens being held in overseas prisons on 1 April 1999 registered in consular records. A list of countries in which these citizens are being held follows.
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Number of Britons in prison overseas Country Male Female Antigua 2 0 Argentina 1 2 Australia 84 6 Austria 18 1 Bahamas 2 0 Bahrain 5 1 Bali 1 0 Bangladesh 3 0 Barbados 4 2 Belgium 27 2
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Number of Britons in prison overseas Country Male Female Belize 1 0 Bolivia 1 1 Botswana 1 0 Brazil 11 5 Brunei 1 0 Bulgaria 5 0 Cambodia 2 0 Cameroon 1 0 Canada 22 2 Cayman Islands 1 1 China 6 0 CIS 2 0 Colombia 4 0 Cote d'Ivoire 2 0 Croatia 1 0 Cuba 4 3 Cyprus 5 0 Czech Republic 3 1 Dem. Rep. Congo 2 0 Denmark 22 0 Djibouti 2 0 Dominican Republic 3 1 Ecuador 9 0 Egypt 1 2 Estonia 1 0 Ethiopia 1 0 Finland 1 0 France 248 17 Gambia 2 0 Georgia 1 0 Germany 108 4 Ghana 2 0 Gibraltar 1 0 Greece 11 1 Grenada 2 0 Guatemala 1 0 Guinea 3 1 Hong Kong 20 1 Iceland 1 0 India 22 3 Indonesia 9 0 Iran 1 0 Ireland 31 1 Israel 7 0 Italy 20 4 Jamaica 12 14 Japan 13 2 Kenya 4 1 Korea 1 0 Kuwait 2 0 Laos 1 0 Luxembourg 1 0 Malaysia 1 0 Malta 1 0 Mauritius 2 0 Morocco 38 4 Mozambique 1 0 Namibia 1 0 Nepal 4 0 Netherlands 78 3 New Zealand 4 0 Nigeria 12 0 Norway 17 1 Pakistan 9 1 Panama 0 1 Peru 7 3 Philippines 12 0 Poland 1 0 Portugal 22 2 Qatar 1 0 Romania 1 0 Rwanda 1 0 Saudi Arabia 2 0
Number of Britons in prison overseas Country Male Female Sierra Leone 3 0 Singapore 10 0 South Africa 47 5 Spain 232 20 Sri Lanka 2 0 St. Lucia 6 3 Sweden 36 2 Switzerland 21 4 Taiwan 7 0 Tanzania 3 0 Thailand 54 3 The Gambia 1 0 Trinidad 1 0 Tunisia 1 1 Turkey 4 1 UAE 12 1 Uganda 2 0 USA 319 33 Uzbekistan 1 0 Vanuatu 1 0 Venezuela 8 2 Vietnam 2 0 Yemen 8 0 Zambia 9 2 Zimbabwe 12 1 Totals 1,805 172