HC Deb 23 November 1992 vol 214 cc478-9W
Ms. Ruddock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many non-United Kingdom(a) men and (b) women were granted bail and how many remanded in custody for each of the last five years; and of those, how many were from (i) Nigeria, (ii) other West African countries, (iii) Colombia and (iv) Pakistan.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

The nationality of persons remanded on bail is not recorded centrally. Information for prisoners remanded into prison service establishments in each of the years 1989–91 is given in the table. Data for earlier years are not readily available.

Nationality 1989 1990 l1991
Male Female Male Female Male Female
All nationalities 62,270 3,635 56,967 3,207 59,422 3,182
1 Provisional.

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