HC Deb 30 June 1983 vol 44 cc130-1W
Mr. John Wells

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish a table in the Offical Report setting out the number of British subjects known to be serving custodial sentences of over six months in foreign penal establishments, country by country, and indicating the date for which the figure applied to each country.

Mr. Whitney

The figures requested are given in the following table:

British citizens serving custodial sentences of over six months in foreign penal establishments, as at 23 June 1983
Numbers
Europe
Austria 7
Belgium 9
Denmark 23
France 32
FRG 57
GDR 1
Greece 9
Italy 6
Luxembourg 1
Netherlands 19
Norway 11
Portugal 1
Spain 37
Sweden 13
Switzerland 7
233
Africa
Angola 7
Djibouti 1
Kenya 3
Libya 3
Malawi 1
Morocco 4
Mozambique 1
Seychelles 2

Numbers
South Africa 22
Zaire 1
Zimbabwe 7
52
South Pacific
Australia 3
New Zealand 3
6
Middle East
Iraq 2
Israel 4
Saudi Arabia 9
Turkey 4
United Arab Emirates 1
20
Asia
India 2
Malaysia 1
Thailand 7
Japan 1
11
North and South America
Argentina 1
Bolivia 1
Brazil 1
Mexico 3
Peru 1
USA 37
Uruguay 1
45
West Indies
Cuba 1
Jamaica 2
3
TOTAL = 370

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