HC Deb 23 November 1982 vol 32 c403W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he now has any information as to the number of prisoners belonging to the ethnic minorities currently in prison.

Mr. Mayhew

Collection of information on the ethnic origin of all those received into prison department establishments in England and Wales began on 1 March 1982. This new collection system is not yet working satisfactorily and it will be some time before it will be possible to publish any information from it.