Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 182590

Prisoners: Foreign Nationals

Tabled: 25 April 2023

Answered: 3 May 2023

Question

Steve Reed

Labour (Co-op) — Streatham and Croydon North

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people in UK prisons were foreign nationals in each year since 2019.

Answer

You have requested information for the UK but we only have data for England & Wales which can be found at the link below (Tab A1.9i). The proportions can be calculated from that table: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1094517/Population_30June2022_Annual.ods.