§ Mr. BerminghamTo ask the Secretary of State for he Home Department how many male and female prisoners in England and Wales who emanated from Nigeria are currently serving a sentence or are being held on remand; and what percentage of each group was involved in drug offences.
§ Mrs. Rumbold[holding answer 25 January 1991]: On 30 June 1990, the latest date for which information is readily available, an estimated 430 male and 100 female sentenced prisoners were known to be citizens of Nigeria; however, the recording of nationality is not always reliable. About 80 per cent. of the males and 60 per cent. of the females were known to have been sentenced for drugs offences.
Information about offence and nationality is not recorded centrally for the remand population.