HC Deb 11 May 1999 vol 331 cc120-2W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many(a) male and (b) female UK citizens were being held in overseas prisons on 1 April 1999; and if he will list the countries in which these are being held. [83585]

Mr. Robin Cook

There were 1,805 male and 172 female UK citizens being held in overseas prisons on 1 April 1999 registered in consular records. A list of countries in which these citizens are being held follows.

Number of Britons in prison overseas
Country Male Female
Antigua 2 0
Argentina 1 2
Australia 84 6
Austria 18 1
Bahamas 2 0
Bahrain 5 1
Bali 1 0
Bangladesh 3 0
Barbados 4 2
Belgium 27 2

Number of Britons in prison overseas
Country Male Female
Belize 1 0
Bolivia 1 1
Botswana 1 0
Brazil 11 5
Brunei 1 0
Bulgaria 5 0
Cambodia 2 0
Cameroon 1 0
Canada 22 2
Cayman Islands 1 1
China 6 0
CIS 2 0
Colombia 4 0
Cote d'Ivoire 2 0
Croatia 1 0
Cuba 4 3
Cyprus 5 0
Czech Republic 3 1
Dem. Rep. Congo 2 0
Denmark 22 0
Djibouti 2 0
Dominican Republic 3 1
Ecuador 9 0
Egypt 1 2
Estonia 1 0
Ethiopia 1 0
Finland 1 0
France 248 17
Gambia 2 0
Georgia 1 0
Germany 108 4
Ghana 2 0
Gibraltar 1 0
Greece 11 1
Grenada 2 0
Guatemala 1 0
Guinea 3 1
Hong Kong 20 1
Iceland 1 0
India 22 3
Indonesia 9 0
Iran 1 0
Ireland 31 1
Israel 7 0
Italy 20 4
Jamaica 12 14
Japan 13 2
Kenya 4 1
Korea 1 0
Kuwait 2 0
Laos 1 0
Luxembourg 1 0
Malaysia 1 0
Malta 1 0
Mauritius 2 0
Morocco 38 4
Mozambique 1 0
Namibia 1 0
Nepal 4 0
Netherlands 78 3
New Zealand 4 0
Nigeria 12 0
Norway 17 1
Pakistan 9 1
Panama 0 1
Peru 7 3
Philippines 12 0
Poland 1 0
Portugal 22 2
Qatar 1 0
Romania 1 0
Rwanda 1 0
Saudi Arabia 2 0

Number of Britons in prison overseas
Country Male Female
Sierra Leone 3 0
Singapore 10 0
South Africa 47 5
Spain 232 20
Sri Lanka 2 0
St. Lucia 6 3
Sweden 36 2
Switzerland 21 4
Taiwan 7 0
Tanzania 3 0
Thailand 54 3
The Gambia 1 0
Trinidad 1 0
Tunisia 1 1
Turkey 4 1
UAE 12 1
Uganda 2 0
USA 319 33
Uzbekistan 1 0
Vanuatu 1 0
Venezuela 8 2
Vietnam 2 0
Yemen 8 0
Zambia 9 2
Zimbabwe 12 1
Totals 1,805 172