HL Deb 22 July 1988 vol 499 cc1709-10WA
Lord Hutchinson of LuIIington

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many, and what percentage of, male prisoners and female prisoners respectively, in each ethnic group, were: (a) Unconvicted; (b) Convicted but unsentenced; (c) Sentenced; on 30th June 1987.

Population(1) of Prison Department establishments in England and Wales on 30 June 1987: by type of prisoner, sex and ethnic origin
Ethnic origin
Type of prisoner and sex White West Indian/Guyanese African Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Arab Mixed origin Other, not recorded(inc. refusals) All persons in Prison Department establishments
Number of persons
Males
Untried 6,960 965 225 200 489 8,839
Convicted unsentenced 1,215 134 17 25 73 1,464
Sentenced 32,457 3,284 1,038 696 441 37,916
Non-criminal 123 66 36 16 47 288
All prisoners 40,755 4,449 1,316 937 1,050 48,507
Females
Untried 195 57 4 13 31 100
Convicted unsentenced 50 8 1 3 4 66
Sentenced 1,036 239 34 43 35 1,387
Non-criminal 5 — — — — 5
All prisoners 1,286 304 39 59 70 1,758
Percentage
Males
Untried 78.7 10.9 2.5 2.3 5.5 100
Convicted unsentenced 83.0 9.2 1.2 1.7 5.0 100
Sentenced 85.6 8.7 2.7 1.8 1.2 100
Non-criminal 42.7 22.9 12.5 5.6 16.3 100
All prisoners 84.0 9.2 2.7 1.9 2.2 100
Females
Untried 65.0 19.0 1.3 4.3 10.3 100
Convicted unsentenced 75.8 12.1 1.5 4.5 6.1 100
Sentenced 74.7 17.2 2.5 3.1 2.5 100
Non-criminal 100.0 — — — — 100
All prisoners 73.2 17.3 2.2 3.4 4.0 100
(1) The figures are those recorded centrally and are approximate.
THE THYSSEN COLLECTION

The Earl of Bessborough

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they have received a reply to their proposal for the future of the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Baroness Trumpington)

The trustees of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collections Trust have informed the Government that they have decided not to pursue the

The Minister of State, Home Office (Earl Ferrers)

The information requested is given in the following table. The information is published annually inPrison Statistics, England and Wales, Table 1.11 of the 1986 issue, Cmnd. 210, copies of which are in the Library.

British proposal at the present time. Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza has entered into preliminary accord with the Spanish Government which is intended to lead to a loan of most of the collection for display in Madrid for a period of up to 10 years. The trustees have decided to try to achieve a full agreement with the Spanish Government along those lines. In these circumstances, Her Majesty's Government have withdrawn their proposal. The Government have said that, should circumstances change and the trustees approach the Government about a long-term location in the United Kingdom, we would be ready to look at the matter afresh.