Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prisoners housed in Wales were offenders with a fixed home address in England in (a) September 2023 and (b) each of the last three years.

Please see the tables attached. Please note that where a given number is 5 or fewer, it has been redacted to prevent the release information that could possibly to lead to identification of the individuals concerned.

It is not possible to infer from an address in Wales that an individual considers themselves Welsh/English. HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) cannot identify English and Welsh prisoners. Someone with an address, for example in London, may consider themselves to be Welsh, while someone with an address in Wales may not. UK nationals have a nationality of British. Therefore the data shown are not necessarily representative of those who identify as English or Welsh. The results are sorted by origin address (home address on reception into custody) and not nationality. English, Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish are not captured on our database as separate nationalities.

HMPPS is committed to ensuring, where practicable and appropriate, that prisoners are accommodated as close as possible to their resettlement communities and families. Whilst this is a priority, it is not always possible due to a variety of factors including wider population pressures, or where prisoners have specific sentence planning needs which can only be met at certain establishments.