§ Lord Hyltonasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many non-British women were serving sentences for drug offences in England and Wales at the most recent date; and what was the average length of their sentence. [HL1250]
§ Lord Bassam of BrightonThe latest available information is for 31 December 1999. On that date there were 312 female foreign nationals in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales for drug offences serving an average sentence of 6.7 years. Information on nationality by offence is published inPrison statistics England and Wales (Table 6.4 of the 1998 edition, Cm 4430), a copy of which is in the Library.