§ Mr. Colin Shepherdasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with third country-based manufacturing companies engaged in the manufacture of polyethylene film products which might wish to take advantage of Scotland's development area status to set up a manufacturing facility in Scotland to make polyethylene film products; and what is the state of these discussions.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherDiscussions with individual companies are treated as commercially confidential, but I can confirm that my Department has had disucssions recently with one overseas company engaged in the manufacture of polyethylene products. It is conducting a
Prisoners* in prison department establishments on 28 February 1983: by category of prisoner and country of birth Category of prisoner Country of birth United Kingdom Commonwealth Other† Not recorded‡ Total Untried 700 200 100 4,700‡ 5,700 Convicted unsentenced 400 30 20 1,400‡ 1,800 Sentenced 31,900 1,800 1,600 1,400 37,000 Total 33,0000 2,000 1,700 7,500‡ 44,300 * Figures rounded independently and may not therefore add to total † Including the Republic of Ireland and Pakistan ‡ The information for remand prisoners is more incomplete because the country of birth is not usually recorded before the completion of court proceedings.