§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing figures for the Northern Ireland prison population broken down into(a) male, (b) female and (c) juvenile, and showing each category the number of (i) Roman Catholics, (ii) Protestants and (iii) others.
§ Mr. StanleyThe information requested is as follows:
Northern Ireland prison population as at 31 March 1988 showing religious denominations as slated at time of committal to prison Roman Catholic Protestant Others Totals Male 799 933 5 1,737 Female 17 9 — 26 Juvenile 119 104 1 224 Totals 935 1,046 6 1,987 Juveniles are those inmates detained in young offenders centres and do not include young persons held on remand or under sentence in prison.