HC Deb 28 October 1971 vol 823 cc408-9W
Mr. Powell

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will institute an inquiry to ascertain what proportion of the prisoners in Her Majesty's prisons in England were born in the Irish Republic, in the new Commonwealth, and elsewhere outside the United Kingdom, respectively.

Mr. Carlisle

Information about the place of birth of prisoners is already recorded on the central prison index. I am having the relevant information extracted, and will write to my right hon. Friend.