§ Lord AVEBURYasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will give an analysis of the country of birth of sentenced prisoners in prison department establishments in England and Wales on 31st March 1979 according to the type of establishment and the length of sentence, on the lines of the answer given on this subject on 11th May 1978.
§ Lord BELSTEADThe information requested is not readily available for 31st March 1979; the following table contains data for 15th April 1979, the nearest date for which information is available. 479WA Sentenced prisoners in prison department establishments in England and
Country of birth Sentence length and type U.K. Commonwealth Other countries(1) Not known Total Imprisonment: Up to and including 1 year 6,355 339 446 1,363 8,503 Over 1 year and up to and including 2 years 6,138 403 350 356 7,247 Over 2 years and up to and including 5 years 7,418 585 473 344 8,820 Over 5 years 3,171 315 336 267 4,089 Borstal training 4,813 182 109 449 5,553 Detention centre 1,654 42 27 187 1,910 Total 29,549 1,866 1,741 2,966 36,122 (1) Including the Republic of Ireland and Pakistan