§ Mr. Bernie GrantTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many non-United Kingdom nationals, including asylum seekers, are currently held in custody in England and Wales; if he will list the locations where they are being held; what is the ethnic breakdown
298W of the non-United Kingdom nationals currently in custody; how many of them are women and if he will list the locations where they are being held; and how many non-United Kingdom nationals in custody have been granted bail, but remain in custody. [31961]
Foreign nationals in prison in England and Wales on 30 April 19961, by sex, ethnic origin and establishment Ethnic origin White Black South Asian Chinese and other Not recorded Total Females Askham Grange 1 1 0 0 0 2 Brockhill 3 3 0 1 0 7 Bullwood Hall 5 14 1 2 0 22 Cookham Wood 6 28 3 6 0 43 Drake Hall 3 6 0 1 0 10 Durham 4 5 1 1 0 11 East Sutton Park 3 7 0 1 0 11 Holloway 33 80 3 17 0 133 Low Newton 1 0 0 0 0 1 New Hall 1 3 1 3 0 8 Risley 4 6 1 0 0 11 Styal 4 19 1 2 0 26 Winchester 7 10 0 2 0 19 Total females 75 182 11 36 0 304 Males Acklington 5 0 1 0 0 6 Albany 15 15 5 3 0 38 Aldington 7 4 2 7 0 20 Ashwell 6 4 10 0 0 20 Alyesbury 4 8 4 2 0 18 Bedford 10 6 1 2 0 19 Belmarsh 44 46 2 18 0 110 Birmingham 22 28 92 28 0 170 Blakenhurst 11 9 17 4 0 41 Blantyre House 3 2 2 4 0 11 Blundeston 20 35 4 5 0 64 Brinsford 2 0 5 1 0 8 Bristol 4 7 4 10 0 25 Brixton 39 67 18 32 0 156 Brockhill 1 0 0 2 0 3 Buckley Hall 2 8 3 1 0 14 Bullingdon 22 12 9 4 0 47 Camp Hill 14 13 4 3 1 35 Canterbury 36 5 9 11 0 61 Cardiff 1 0 1 1 0 3 Castington 0 1 1 0 0 2 Channings Wood 11 4 3 2 0 20 Chelmsford 17 3 1 3 0 24 Coldingley 7 28 3 5 0 43 Dartmoor 16 5 4 1 0 26 Doncaster 3 5 3 1 0 12 Dorchester 2 0 0 0 0 2 Dover 3 11 3 2 0 19 Downview 6 15 4 4 0 29 Durham 6 3 0 2 0 11 Elmley 47 8 0 9 0 64
§ Miss Widdecombe[holding answer 12 June 1996]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from A. J. Pearson to Mr. Bernie Grant, dated 17 June 1996:
299WThe Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question asking for information on the number, sex, ethnic origin and location of foreign nationals in the prison population.Information for England and Wales is given in the attached table. Information for prisoners who have been granted bail but remain in custody is not held centrally.300W301W
Foreign nationals in prison in England and Wales on 30 April 19961, by sex, ethnic origin and establishment Ethnic origin White Black South Asian Chinese and other Not recorded Total Erlestoke 3 4 0 0 0 7 Everthorpe 1 2 5 0 0 8 Exeter 7 1 1 2 0 11 Featherstone 14 8 10 6 0 38 Feltham 15 18 6 18 0 57 Ford 20 15 5 11 0 51 Frankland 7 7 5 5 0 24 Full Sutton 22 9 3 5 0 39 Garth 6 5 7 4 0 22 Gartree 6 5 9 1 0 21 Glen Parva 10 0 4 1 0 15 Gloucester 6 2 0 0 0 8 Grendon 6 6 6 4 0 22 Guys Marsh 8 2 0 0 0 10 Haslar 6 61 18 44 0 129 Hatfield 0 0 3 0 0 3 Haverigg 5 2 0 0 0 7 Hewell Grange 0 0 6 3 0 9 Highdown 26 54 4 4 0 88 Highpoint 24 33 2 8 0 67 Hindley 3 0 2 2 0 7 Hollesley Bay 4 1 3 0 0 8 Holme House 3 1 2 1 0 7 Hull 8 0 0 1 0 9 Huntercombe 5 11 2 2 0 20 Kirkham 5 0 4 6 1 16 Kirklevington 0 0 1 1 0 2 Lancaster 1 0 1 0 0 2 Lancaster Farms 2 0 0 0 0 2 Latchmere House 10 6 2 2 0 20 Leeds 6 7 23 4 0 40 Leicester 5 2 7 0 0 14 Lewes 8 4 0 1 0 13 Leyhill 9 5 2 1 0 17 Lincoln 4 7 2 0 0 13 Lindholme 6 1 8 2 0 17 Littlehey 18 12 11 5 0 46 Liverpool 11 4 4 2 0 21 Long Lartin 17 11 9 14 0 51 Low Newton 1 0 0 0 0 1 Maidstone 36 15 11 9 0 71 Manchester 16 10 15 9 0 50 Moorland 5 3 2 1 0 11 Morton Hall 1 0 0 1 0 2 Mount (The) 23 48 10 16 0 97 North Sea Camp 2 0 1 1 0 4 Northallerton 1 0 0 0 0 1 Norwich 7 5 1 5 0 18 Nottingham 5 3 5 0 0 13 Onley 6 5 2 4 0 17 Parkhurst 20 8 4 13 0 45 Pentonville 49 58 16 32 0 155 Portland 4 5 0 0 0 9 Portsmouth 4 6 2 3 0 15 Preston 9 0 4 1 0 14 Ranby 5 1 2 2 0 10 Reading 1 1 2 0 0 4 Risley 10 6 6 5 0 27 Rochester 5 86 20 86 0 197 Send 6 6 1 1 0 14 Shepton Mallett 1 2 0 0 0 3 Shrewsbury 1 0 0 1 0 2 Stafford 6 4 3 4 0 17 Stanford Hill 15 8 8 3 0 34 Stocken 7 9 11 1 0 28 Stoke Heath 1 0 0 1 0 2 Sudbury 6 7 15 4 0 32 Swaleside 44 38 6 25 0 113 Swansea 1 1 0 1 0 3 Swinfen Hall 1 1 1 1 0 4 Thorn Cross 1 0 1 0 0 2
Foreign nationals in prison in England and Wales on 30 April 19961, by sex, ethnic origin and establishment Ethnic origin Ethnic origin White Black South Asian Chinese and other Not recorded Total Usk 1 3 1 0 0 5 Verne 35 44 5 24 0 108 Wakefield 12 6 14 0 0 32 Wandsworth 49 48 10 24 0 131 Wayland 9 27 4 9 0 49 Wealstun 5 4 13 2 0 24 Wellingborough 9 2 6 3 0 20 Whatton 3 0 2 0 0 5 Whitemoor 32 20 2 13 0 67 Winchester 18 2 6 4 0 30 Wolds 6 2 2 5 0 15 Wood Hill 18 8 4 6 0 36 Wormwood Scrubs 92 102 31 58 0 283 Wymott 8 2 3 2 0 15 Total males 1,300 1,264 644 707 2 3,917 Total males and females 1,375 1,446 655 743 2 4,221 1 Provisional data.