§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is satisfied that the procedures for informing the families and solicitor of transfers of prisoners are adequate; and, if not, 345W what steps he proposes to take to improve the methods of communication.
§ Dr. SummerskillYes, in general, but we shall keep the procedures under review.
Mr. Wellsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of the prison population were (a) coloured and (b) of non-United Kingdom birth, at the latest convenient date.
§ Dr. SummerskillInformation about the colour of persons held in Prison Department establishments is not collected. An analysis of the place of birth of the prison population in England and Wales as at the middle of October shows that about 10 per cent. were known to have been born outside the United Kingdom.