§ Mr. Charles Irvingasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreigners were serving sentences in British prisons during the years 1970 to 1976.
§ Mr. JohnCentral information about the nationality of persons serving custodial sentences is not available. The following table shows the number of persons born outside the United Kingdom who were serving sentences in Prison Department establishments in England and Wales on 30th June in each of the years 1973–76 inclusive:
1973 … … … 3,800 1974 … … … 3,912 1975 … … … 4,270 1976 … … … 4,481 Comparable information for years prior to 1973 is not available.