§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the present prison remand population for England and Wales; how many of those remand prisoners belong to an ethnic minority group; and what percentage of those remand prisoners who belong to an ethnic minority are charged with an offence that involves violence, robbery or sex.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe latest readily available information is given in the table. Information on offences is not recorded centrally until the completion of court proceedings.
Untried and convicted unsentenced population1 of prison service establishments in England and Wales on 30 June 1988: by type of prisoner and ethnic origin Untried Convicted unsentenced White 6,970 1,440 West Indian, Guyanese, African 1,020 130 Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi 240 35 Chinese, Arab, Mixed origin 220 30 Other, not recorded (including refusals) 630 100 Total 9,080 1,730 1Provisional figures.