§ Lord Hutchinson of Lullingtonasked Her Majesty's Government:
What proportion of life sentence prisoners are from each of the main ethnic groups.
The Minister of State, Home Office (Earl Ferrers)The latest available information is given in the table.
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Population of life sentence prisoners1 in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales on 30 June 1990: by ethnic origin Numbers White 2,451 West Indian, Guyanese, African 174 Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi 99 Chinese, Arab, mixed origin 43
Numbers Other, not recorded (including refusals) 28 All 2,795 1 Including those detained during Her Majesty's pleasure or for life under s.53, Children and Young Persons Act 1933 and those sentenced to custody for life.