§ Mr. BerminghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for the latest date available, what percentage of parole applications from(a) white and (b) black prisoners were successful in England and Wales.
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§ Mr. MellorThe present central computer system on parole does not hold information on the ethnic origin of prisoners and it is not, therefore, possible to produce the figures requested. However, a new system is scheduled for 1991 which will make such analyses possible and these are planned.