§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British citizens are in prison in each Commonwealth country. [120608]
§ Mr. MullinThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office collates prisoner totals on a quarterly basis. For the quarter ending on 31 March 2003, we were aware of 411 British nationals detained in Commonwealth countries.
The table gives a breakdown of the number of prisoners detained in each Commonwealth country.
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British Nationals Imprisoned in Commonwealth Countries as of 31 March 2003 Country Total imprisoned Antigua and Barbuda 7 Australia 91 Bangladesh 1 Barbados 26 Belize 0 Botswana 0 Brunei Darussalam 0 Cameroon 0 Canada 16 Cyprus 16 Dominica 1 Fiji Islands 0 Ghana 1 Grenada 17 Guyana 2 India 22 Jamaica 124 Kenya 1 Kiribati 0 Lesotho 0 Malawi 1 Malaysia 1 Maldives 0 Malta 7 Mauritius 0 Mozambique 0 Namibia 0 Nauru 0 New Zealand 12 Nigeria 1 Pakistan 6 Papua New Guinea 0 Samoa 0
British Nationals Imprisoned in Commonwealth Countries as of 31 March 2003 Country Total imprisoned Seychelles 0 Sierra Leone 0 Singapore 11 Solomon Islands 0 South Africa 19 Sri Lanka 0 St Kitts and Nevis 1 St Lucia 6 St Vincent and the Grenadines 2 Swaziland 0 The Bahamas 0 The Gambia 0 Tonga 0 Trinidad and Tobago 18 Tuvalu 0 Uganda 0 United Republic of Tanzania 0 Vanuatu 0 Zambia 1 Zimbabwe* 0 Total 411 * Zimbabwe currently suspended from the Commonwealth