§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
When they expect to publish the annual survey of prisoners' religions, resulting from the census of early February.
Earl FerrersResponsibility for the subject of this question has been delegated to the prison service agency and its Director General, Mr. Derek Lewis. The agency has therefore responded to the question, and their letter is given below.
Letter from Mr. Derek Lewis, Director General, to the Lord Avebury, dated 6th May 1993.
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the annual census of religious registrations of prisoners. The information is as follows:-
Annual census of religious registration in prisons 14 February 1993 Church Numbers A. Main christian churches represented 1. Church of England 21,584 2. Roman Catholic 7,766 3. Methodist 280 4. Church of Scotland 374 5. Mormon 162 6. Non Conformist 13 7. Baptist 113 8. Pentecostal 95 9. Protestant 99 10. Ethiopian Orthodox 139 11. Other Christian Churches 315 B. Other main religions represented 1. Muslim 2,106 2. Sikh 323 3. Jewish 209 4. Hindu 161 5. Buddist 177 6. Others 91 C. Further registrations 1. No religion 7,299 2. Others 123 TOTAL 41,429