§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
What proportion of prisoners at each of the dispersal prisons respectively were identified as members of particular ethnic groups at the most convenient recent date.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Glenarthur)The most recent information is given in the table. Details of the methods and sources and figures for all establishments were published on 18th June inThe Ethnic Origins of Prisoners, Home Office Statistical Bulletin, Issue No. 17/86.
POPULATIONS OF DISPERSAL PRISONS BY ETHNIC ORIGIN, ENGLAND AND WALES, 30TH JUNE, 1985 Percentages Ethnic origin white West Indian/Guyanese, African Indian Pakistni, Bangladeshi Chinese, Arab, Mixed origin Other and Not recorded (indlucing refused) Albany 60 18 2 5 15 Frankland 87 5 3 3 3 Gartree 71 11 9 3 6 Hull(2) 87 4 1 3 6 Long Lartin 79 3 4 7 7 Parkhurst 66 14 2 3 14 Wakefield 85 3 5 2 5 Wormwood Scrubs(1) 71 18 5 4 3 (1) Whole establishment—it is not possible centrally separately to identify the population of the dispersal wing. (2) Hull became a local prison in February 1986.