§ Mr. Kilroy Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number and proportion of prisoners from different ethnic groups received into custody between July 1984 and March 1985, broken down
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Receptions into prison department establishments under sentence* in the period 1 July 1984 to 31 March 1985; by ethnic origin, offence group and number of previous convictions; all ages, males England and Wales Per cent. Ethnic Origin Offence Group/Number of previous convictions White West Indian/Guyanese, African Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi Chinese, Arab, Mixed Origin Other, Not recorded (including refusal) All Males Wounding Nil 5 5 13 8 6 5 One or two 16 16 21 17 16 16 Three or more 63 58 33 49 46 61 Not recorded 16 21 33 26 32 18 Number of receptions† (= 100 per cent.) 4,478 371 108 92 97 5,146 Other offences of violence against the person Nil 6 6 10 18 5 6 One or two 14 13 24 7 14 14 Three or more 58 55 31 51 60 57 Not recorded 22 26 35 24 21 23 Number of receptions† (= 100 per cent.) 1,784 234 29 60 50 2,157 Sexual offences Nil 15 8 10 13 7 18 One or two 17 12 19 — 10 17 Three or more 46 55 42 75 43 46 Not recorded 22 25 29 12 40 23 Number of receptions† (= 100 per cent.) 1,076 67 31 8 21 1,203 Burglary Nil 3 2 13 5 2 3 One or two 12 12 25 11 9 12 Three or more 72 63 47 71 68 72 Not recorded 13 23 15 13 21 13 Number of receptions† (= 100 per cent) 14,020 662 142 224 268 15,316 Robbery Nil 6 10 17 4 6 7 One or two 17 21 40 22 22 19 Three or more 61 44 33 47 45 56 Not recorded 16 25 10 27 27 18 Number of receptions† (= 100 per cent) 1,930 334 39 51 54 1,408 Theft and handling Nil 4 3 12 3 4 4 One or two 10 11 19 13 9 10 by sex and by different offence group, who had (a) no previous convictions, (b) one or two previous convictions and (c) three or more previous convictions.
§ Mr. MellorThe information available for males is given in the table. It should be noted that for many categories this information is to a substantial extent incomplete and where the numbers involved are small the figures may be subject to wide variation. The numbers of females involved are too small to provide satisfactory figures, as may be seen from table 9 of the Home Office Statistical Bulletin 17/86.
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Ethnic Origin Offence Group/Number of previous convictions White West Indian/Guyanese, African Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi Chinese, Arab, Mixed Origin Other, Not recorded (including refusal) All Males Three or more 68 58 33 58 61 67 Not recorded 18 28 36 26 26 19 Number of receptions† (= 100 per cent.) 12,523 811 162 192 223 13,921 Fraud and forgery Nil 6 6 18 3 10 6 One or two 11 13 19 18 11 12 Three or more 59 48 28 59 43 57 Not recorded 24 33 35 20 36 25 Number of receptions† (= 100 per cent.) 1,993 133 55 31 47 2,259 Criminal damage (including arson) Nil 6 8 3 5 6 6 One or two 14 13 35 10 15 15 Three or more 58 50 41 61 58 57 Not recorded 22 29 21 24 21 22 Number of receptions† (= 100 per cent.) 2,447 83 27 40 35 2,632 Drugs offences Nil 8 28 29 19 12 14 One or two 15 10 26 17 20 15 Three or more 57 33 16 28 42 48 Not recorded 20 29 29 36 26 23 Number of receptions† (= 100 per cent.) 1,294 365 135 60 56 1,910 Other specified offences Nil 3 6 11 7 2 3 One or two 7 7 16 3 3 7 Three or more 65 59 51 66 63 65 Not recorded 25 28 22 24 32 25 Number of receptions† (= 100 per cent.) 2,491 136 54 30 45 2,756 Other unspecified offences Nil 5 11 28 14 9 7 One or two 12 16 16 5 11 12 Three or more 60 48 22 52 49 58 Not recorded 23 25 34 29 31 23 Number of receptions† (= 100 per cent.) 2,118 194 55 38 53 2,458 All offences Nil 4 7 16 7 5 5 One or two 12 13 23 12 11 12 Three or more 66 54 33 58 58 64 Not recorded 18 26 28 23 26 19 Number of receptions† (= 100 per cent.) 45,664 3,390 837 826 949 51,666 * Excluding line defaulters † As published in Table 8 of Home Office Statistical Bulletin 17/86
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number and proportion of prisoners from different ethnic groups in prison on 30 June 1985, broken down by sex and by different offence 392W groups, who had (a) no previous convictions, (b) one or two previous convictions and (c) three or more previous convictions.
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§ Mr. MellorAnalyses of the prison population on 30 June 1985 by ethnic origin and type of offence are currently being prepared for inclusion in "Prison Statistics, England and Wales, 1985". On publication, my noble Friend will write to the hon. Member giving the additional in formation requested.