§ 34. Ms. AbbottTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners of black and ethnic minority origin are currently held in British prisons.
§ Mr. John PattenThe latest available information for England and Wales is given in the following table. The information is published annually in "Prison Statistics, England and Wales", Table 1.13 of the 1986 issue, Cmnd. 210, copies of which are in the Library.
Estimated population in Prison Department establishments m England and Wales on 30 June 1987: by ethnic origin Ethnic origin 1 Number of prisoners White 41,940 West Indian, Guyanese, African 4,730 Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi 1,330 Chinese, Arab, Mixed origin 990 Other, not recorded (including refusals) 1,280 All persons 50,270 1 Provisional data.
§ 35. Mr. Michael McNair-WilsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current cost of maintaining a person in prison for a year.
§ Mr. John PattenIn 1986–87, the latest financial year for which information is available, the average annual cost of keeping a person in a penal establishment was £13,104.
§ 36. Mr. RookerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are currently serving sentences of less than one week in Winson Green prison, Birmingham.
§ Mr. John PattenOn Wednesday 2 December five people were serving sentences of less than seven days at Winson Green prison.