§ Mr. ButlerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the prison population is represented by ethnic minorities.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggAccording to the records held centrally, on 31 December 1987 about 14 per cent. of the population of prison department establishments in England and Wales was from the ethnic minority communities. More detailed information, for 30 June 1987 and previous years, was published in table 6 of Home Office statistical bulletin 8/88 on "The Prison Population in 1987", copies of which are in the Library.