§ Mr. BerminghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any prison educational classes have been cancelled or curtailed in local or dispersal prisons during 1988.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe unavoidable absence of teachers and the operational requirement of establishments have caused some curtailment or cancellation of classes in these establishments during the past year.
Population1 of prison department establishments in England and Wales on 30 June 1987 by type of prisoner, sex and ethnic origin Ethnic origin Type of prisoner and sex White West Indian/Guyanese/African Indian/Pakistani/Bangledeshi Chinese/Arab/Mixed origin Other, not recorded2 (inc. refusals) Total number of persons in prison department establishments Males Untried 6,960 965 225 200 489 8,839 Convicted unsentenced 1,215 134 17 25 73 1,464 Sentenced 32,457 3,284 1,038 696 441 37,916 Non-criminal 123 66 36 16 47 288 All prisoners 40,755 4,449 1,316 937 1,050 48,507 Females Untried 195 57 4 13 31 300 Convicted unsentenced 50 8 1 3 4 66 Sentenced 1,036 239 34 43 35 1,387 Non-criminal 5 — — — — 5 All prisoners 1,286 304 39 59 70 1,758 1 The figures are those recorded centrally and are approximate.