HC Deb 22 June 1998 vol 314 cc381-3W
Mr. Cox

To 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]

Mr. Fatchett

Our 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:

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