HC Deb 26 October 1987 vol 121 cc18-9W
Mr. Bermingham

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many black defendants were received into prison during 1986.

Mr. John Patten

The information requested is given in the following table.

Ethnic origin Type of prisoner
Untried Convicted unsentenced
White 45,959 13,913
West Indian, Guyanese, African 5,748 1,425

Ethnic origin Type of prisoner
Untried Convicted unsentenced
Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi 1,081 237
Chinese, Arab, Mixed Origin 1,167 305
Other, not recorded (including refusals) 1,514 248
Total1 55,469 16,128
1Total cannot be calculated by adding together receptions in category because some untried prisoners were subsequently received as convicted unsentenced.