§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the ethnic breakdown of all prisoners in England and Wales at the last available date. [1531]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
647WLetter from Richard Tilt to Mr. A. J. Beith, dated 28 November 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking for the ethnic breakdown of the current prison population.The information is shown in the attached table.
Prison population on 31 October 19951 by ethnic origin and sex, England and Wales Ethnic origin Total Males Females White 42,565 41,056 1,509 Black 6,323 5,917 406 South Asian 1,645 1,620 25 Chinese and other Asian 617 602 15 Unrecorded 878 815 63 Total 52,027 50,009 2,018 1 Provisional figures.
Prison receptions1 by ethnic origin2, England and Wales 1990 and 1991 Year Total White West Indian, Guyanese, African Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi Chinese, Arab, mixed origin Unrecorded 1990 Remand 60,174 50,471 6,171 1,354 1,331 847 Sentenced3 67,510 59,903 4,748 1,214 1,048 597 1991 Remand 62,604 52,796 6,328 1,476 1,551 453 Sentenced3 72,313 68,873 4,549 1,354 1,158 379 1 Total receptions cannot be calculated by adding together remand and sentenced receptions because there is double-counting. 2 A new classification for ethnic origin was introduced in 1992. It is congruent with that used for the Census Population. Data for 1990 and 1991 is shown separately as the classification prior to 1992 is not directly comparable with that in later years. 3 Including fine defaulters.
Prison receptions by ethnic origin1, England and Wales 1992–19942 Year Total White Black South Asian Chinese and other Asian Unrecorded 1992 Remand 57,551 48,285 6,156 1,402 192 1,516 Sentenced1 69,832 61,978 4,672 1,478 143 1,561 1993 Remand 63,236 53,442 7,072 1,477 403 842 Sentenced3 72,966 65,086 5,279 1,384 401 816 19942 Remand 68,414 57,420 7,937 1,512 553 992 Sentenced1 89,288 77,813 7,408 2,173 691 1,203 1 A new classification for ethnic origin was introduced in 1992. It is congruent with that used for the Census of Population. Data for 1990 and 1991 is shown separately as the classification prior to 1992 is not directly comparable with that in later years. 2 Provisional figures. 3 Including fine defaulters.
§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a breakdown of the number of people in prison at the most recent count by(a) sex, (b) age group and (c) ethnic group; if he will publish the same figures for 3 May 1979; and if he will make a statement. [1533]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
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§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the ethnic breakdown of all prisoners received into prisons in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [1532]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr A.J. Beith, dated 28 November 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking for the ethnic breakdown for all prisoners received into prison in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.Information is only available for the last 5 years and is shown in the attached table.Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. A. J. Beith, dated 28 November 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking for a breakdown of the current prison population by sex, age group and ethnic origin and for the same breakdown on 3 May 1979.Table one gives the age, sex and ethnic origin breakdown of the population for latest available date, 31 October 1995. Information on the ethnic breakdown of the prison population for 1979 is not available. An age and sex breakdown is available for June 1979 and is given in table two.