§ Mr. HAY MORGANasked the Home Secretary the results of a census recently taken of the religious creeds professed by the inmates of His Majesty's prisons in England, Wales, and Scotland?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe result of a recent census of the religious persuasion of inmates of His Majesty's prisons in England and Wales are as follows:—
As stated by Prisoner on Reception. As ascertained by personal Inquiry. Church of England 13,891 12,957 Roman Catholic 3,278 3,522 Wesleyans 442 669 Baptists 96 209 Presbyterians 93 193 Methodists 87 191 Congregationaliats 41 99 Lutherans 15 32 Unitarians 11 18 Other Christian bodies 18 53 Jews 133 169 Other religious persuasions 11 12 No Religion (e.g., Agnostics, Atheists, Freethinkers, etc. 109 101 18,225 18,225