§ Ms AbbottTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the ethnic breakdown of women prisoners in Holloway prison in December 1995 or at the latest available date. [10084]
§ 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.
307WLetter from Richard Tilt to Ms Diane Abbott, dated 25 January 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the ethnic breakdown of women prisoners in Holloway prison.The ethnic breakdown of women prisoners in Holloway prison on 17 January 1996 is given in the attached table.
Adult Young offender Total Asian—Bangladeshi 0 0 0 Asian—Indian 3 1 4 Asian—other 2 0 2 Asian—Pakistani 2 0 2 Black—African 42 5 47 Black—Caribbean 91 8 99 Black—other 25 8 33 Chinese 0 0 0 Other 24 1 25 White 299 40 339