§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British citizens were imprisoned abroad in each of the last three years, broken down by country of imprisonment. [171254]
§ Mr. MullinThe total number of British citizens detained overseas in the last three years is:
Number 2002–03 7,861 2001–02 7,499 2000–01 8,428 I have placed a breakdown by country of imprisonment and British Posts for 2002–03 in the Library of the House. It would incur disproportionate costs to provide a breakdown by country for those detained in 2001–02 and 2000–01. However, the following tables show those British Posts recording the highest numbers of British citizens detained for the last three years:
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2000–01 Post Numbers detained
Percentage of British citizens detained
compared to all
overseas Posts
Country Ibiza 2,006 24 Spain Malaga 394 5 Spain Tenerife 296 4 Spain Orlando 296 4 USA
2000–01 Post Numbers detained
Percentage of British citizens detained
compared to all
overseas Posts
Country Lille 292 3 France Los Angeles 253 3 USA New York 229 3 USA Sydney 220 3 Australia Alicante 216 3 Spain Houston 155 2 USA Total 4,357 52 —
2001–02 Post Numbers detained
Percentage of British citizens detained
compared to all
overseas Posts
Country Ibiza 1,531 20 Spain Orlando 492 7 USA Tenerife 318 4 Spain Lille 272 4 France Los Angeles 257 3 USA New York 243 3 USA Kingston 230 3 Jamaica Palma 229 3 Spain Athens 190 3 Greece Sydney 164 2 Australia Total 3,926 52 —
2002–03 Post Numbers detained
Percentage of British citizens detained
compared to all
overseas Posts
Country Malaga 619 8 Spain Orlando 546 7 USA Houston 391 5 USA Los Angeles 384 5 USA New York 327 4 USA Tenerife 315 4 Spain Sydney 246 3 Australia Alicante 231 3 Spain Palma 227 3 Spain Dublin 225 3 Ireland Total 3,511 45 —
§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British citizens were sentenced to life imprisonment abroad in each of the last three years, broken down by country of imprisonment; and how many of these sentences were revised on appeal. [171256]
§ Mr. MullinThe number of British Nationals detained in prisons overseas is collected on a quarterly and annual basis by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The data is not categorised by the length of sentence received and only represents those prisoners who have asked the local authorities to inform the British consulate of their arrest or who request consular assistance.