HC Deb 22 November 1972 vol 846 cc422-3W
Mr. Evelyn King

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of offenders in borstal institutions derives from the new Commonwealth; and what percentage of prisoners in ordinary prisons derives from the new Commonwealth.

Mr. Carlisle

In November, 1971, between 4 per cent. and 5 per cent. of borstal trainees then in custody in England and Wales, and slightly over 5 per cent. of prisoners then serving sentences of imprisonment, were born in the new Commonwealth.

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