§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a breakdown by regional origin of prisoners held in prisons in Great Britain. [21252]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility 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 Richard Tilt, to Mr. Jeremy Corbyn, dated 20 March 1997:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking for a breakdown by regional origin of prisoners held in prisons in Great Britain.No information is available centrally regarding the principle address of those committed to custody in England and Wales. The available information on where prisoners originate from is for the court first committing to custody. Such information, for the whole of the current prison population, could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.Information for Scotland is a matter for the Secretary of State for Scotland.
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners currently being held in prisons in Great Britain originate from Northern Ireland. [21254]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility 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 Richard Tilt to Mr. Jeremy Corbyn, dated 20 March 1997:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking how many prisoners currently being held in prisons in Great Britain originate from Northern Ireland.No information is available centrally regarding the principal address of those committed to custody in England and Wales. The available information on where prisoners originate from is for the court first committing to custody. Provisional information shows that one person was recorded centrally as being received into a prison in England and Wales who had been first committed into custody by a court in Northern Ireland in 1996.Information for Scotland is a matter for the Secretary of State for Scotland.
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Irish nationals are currently held in prisons in Great Britain. [21253]
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§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility 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 Richard Tilt to Mr. Jeremy Corbyn, dated 20 March 1997:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking how many Irish nationals are currently in prisons in Great Britain.Provisional figures for 28 February 1997 (the latest date for which figures are available) indicate that there were 673 persons in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales claiming to be of Irish nationality. Figures for prisoners in Great Britain (ie: England, Wales and Scotland) are not held centrally.Information for Scotland is a matter for the Secretary of State for Scotland.