§ Bob SpinkTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British citizens have been detained overseas for drug-related offences in each of the last five years. [187592]
§ Mr. MullinAccording to consular records the number of British citizens detained overseas for drug-related offences in the following years was:
British citizens detained 1999–2000 1,156 2000–01 1,054 2001–02 1,268 We then ceased to collect this information in this way, and now collect data each year on the total number of those in prison for drugs offences. The totals are:
On 31 March Total number imprisoned 2003 1,290 2004 1,312 These figures therefore do not refer only to new detentions.
§ Bob SpinkTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British citizens were detained overseas for drug related offences in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by country. [187593]
§ Mr. MullinAs at 31 March 2004, there were 1,312 British Nationals detained overseas for drug related offences, who had requested consular assistance. The following table breaks down this figure by country in alphabetical order:
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Country Drugs Antigua and Barbuda 10 Argentina 4 Australia 60 Austria 4 Bahamas 2 Barbados 21 Belgium 16 Brazil 31 Canada 3 Chile 1 China 8 Colombia 7 Costa Rica 4 Cyprus 3 Denmark 5 Dominican Republic 3 Ecuador 8 Egypt 3 Finland 1 France 122 Gambia 2 Germany 29
Ghana 4 Greece 4 Grenada 9 Guyana 9 India 24 Indonesia 6 Ireland 8 Israel 1 Italy 16 Jamaica 138 Japan 40 Kuwait 2 Madagascar 1 Malaysia 2 Malta 4 Mauritius 2 Mexico 5 Morocco 3 Nepal 1 Netherlands 35 New Zealand 8 Nicaragua 1 Norway 20 Oman 1 Pakistan 6 Panama 7 Peru 23 Philippines 14 Portugal 8 St. Lucia 7 St. Vincent 2 Saudi Arabia 1 Singapore 1 South Africa 9 Spain 138 Surinam 3 Swaziland 1 Sweden 13 Switzerland 3 Taiwan 25 Thailand 27 Trinidad and Tobago 32 Turkey 4 United Arab Emirates 18 USA 255 Venezuela 24 Grand Total 1,312
§ Bob SpinkTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the(a) age group and (b) sex was of each British person detained overseas for drug-related offences in the last year for which figures are available. [187594]
§ Mr. MullinThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office does not currently keep figures according to the age and sex of British Nationals detained for drug-related offences overseas. But the total number of British Nationals detained overseas for drug related offences, who have requested consular assistance was, as at 31 March 2004, 1312.