§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the number of(a) male and (b) female United Kingdom nationals imprisoned in each country overseas for which his Department collates records; and how many are at present under the death sentence. [46517]
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§ Mr. FatchettOur records show that there are currently 2,366 British nationals in prison overseas. Of these, 4 detainees are under sentence of death.
The breakdown of those detained is as follows:
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Overseas prisons Men Women Algeria 1 — Amman 1 — Andorra 3 — Antigua 2 — Argentina 3 3 Australia 91 8 Austria 16 1 Bahamas 2 1 Bahrain 4 1 Bangladesh 2 — Barbados 2 2 Belgium 48 7 Bolivia — 1 Bosnia 1 — Brazil 14 9 Bulgaria 6 — Burma 1 — Cambodia 1 — Cameroon 1 — Canada 15 3 China 17 1 CIS 4 — Colombia 5 — Croatia 2 — Cuba 1 — Cyprus 22 2 Czech Republic 6 — Democratic Republic of Congo 2 — Denmark 30 — Djibouti 2 — Dominican Republic 3 1 Ecuador 4 — Egypt 5 1 Eritrea 1 — Estonia 2 — Ethiopia 3 — Finland 1 — France 287 13 Gambia 3 — Germany 113 4 Ghana 2 — Gibraltar 1 — Greece 19 1 Grenada 2 1 Guatemala 1 — Guinea 1 1 Guyana 2 — Hong Kong 83 3 Hungary 5 1 Iceland 1 — India 21 3 Indonesia 6 — Iran 4 — Ireland 24 — Israel 8 — Italy 18 3 Jamaica 20 15 Japan 24 2 Kazakhstan 2 — Kenya 3 1 Korea 8 — Kuwait 2 — Luxembourg 2 — Macao 1 — Malaysia 1 — Mexico 4 — Morocco 39 5
Overseas prisons Men Women Mozambique 1 — Namibia 1 — Nepal 3 — Netherlands 67 4 Netherlands Antilles 1 — New Zealand 9 — Nigeria 11 — Norway 25 — Oman 3 — Pakistan 27 5 Peru 5 — Philippines 19 — Poland 9 — Portugal 23 2 Qatar 8 — Romania 9 — Rwanda 1 — Sao Tome 1 — Saudi Arabia — 1 Sierra Leone 4 — Singapore 9 — Slovenia 5 — South Africa 49 4 Spain 315 28 Sri Lanka 7 — St. Lucia 4 1 Sweden 19 2 Switzerland 31 5 Syria 3 — Taiwan 9 1 Tanzania 2 — Thailand 105 13 Trinidad 2 — Tunisia 3 1 Turkey 28 7 UAE 20 2 Uganda 1 — USA 264 28 Venezuela 8 2 Vietnam 6 — Zambia 3 2 Zimbabwe 10 1 Total 2,162 204