§ Mr. BluntTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners there were at HMP Downview on 26 October; and, of these, how many were(a) UK and (b) Jamaican citizens convicted of trafficking in illegal drugs. [11935]
§ Beverley Hughes[holding answer 7 November 2001]: On the morning of 26 October 2001, there were 130 female prisoners at Downview prison, rising to 140 by the end of the day. A breakdown of nationality and drug offence for that date is not held centrally. However, provisional data for the morning of 13 November 2001 show that there were 180 female prisoners in Downview prison. Of these, 13 United Kingdom (including prisoners from the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) and 28 Jamaican nationals were imprisoned for importing/exporting or conspiring to import/export drugs. The population of each prison is shown in the monthly prison population brief available on http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds.