HL Deb 24 June 1991 vol 530 cc35-6WA
Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish in the Official Report the annual census of religious registrations in prisons taken in February 1991.

Earl Ferrers

The results of the annual census of religious registration in prisons are published in the annual report of the Prison Service. The information requested for 1991 is below:

Annual census of religious registration in prisons—10th February 1991
Number
A. Main Christian Churches Represented
1. Church of England 22,897
2. Roman Catholic 8,558
3. Methodist 362
4. Church of Scotland 443
5. Mormon 186
6. Nonconformist 237
7. Baptist 140
8. Pentecostal 118
9. Protestant 160
10. Ethiopian Orthodox 124
11. Other Christian Churches 322
B. Main Other Religions Represented
1. Moslem 1,959
2. Sikh 307
3. Jewish 194
4. Hindu 151
5. Buddhist 183
6. Others 4
Number
C. Further Registrations
1. No Religion 6,824
2. Others 69
Total 43,240
Annual religious registration in prisons—10th February 1991
Number
A. Other Christian Churches
1. Greek Orthodox 73
2. Jehovah's Witness 38
3. Salvation Army 29
4. Quaker 22
5. Seventh Day Adventist 21
6. Christadelphian 15
7. Spiritualist 9
8. Independent House Church 7
9. Evangelist 5
10. Christian Scientist 4
11. Dutch Reform 3
12. Congregational 3
13. Calvinist 2
14. New Testament Church 2
15. Church in Wales 2
16. Church in Norway 1
17. Serbian Orthodox 1
18. Welsh Independent 1
19. Others (not named) 84
B. Other Faiths
1. Druid 2
2. Parsee 1
3. Bahal 1
C. Other Registrations
1. Agnostic 25
2. Atheist 17
3. Others (not named) 25
4. Pagan 2