§ Mr. BerminghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the ethnic composition of(a) the remand and (b) the sentenced prison population, for males and females in England and Wales for the latest date available.
§ Mrs. Rumbold[holding answer 25 January 1991]: The readily available information is given in the table. The information is published annually in "Prison statistics, England and Wales", Table 1.11 of the 1989 issue, Cm. 1221, copies of which are available in the Library.
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Type of prisoner and sex While West Indian, Guyanese, African Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi Chinese, Arab, Mixed origin Other, not recorded (including refusals) Total number of persons in establishments Females Untried 208 53 7 21 17 306 Convicted unsentenced 73 8 2 4 2 89 Sentenced 777 303 26 40 51 1,197 Non-criminal 5 3 — 1 — 9 All prisoners 1,063 367 35 66 70 1,601 1 Provisional. The figures are those recorded centrally and are approximate.