HL Deb 02 June 1992 vol 537 cc60-1WA
Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

When they expect to be able to publish the returns of the 1992 census of religious registrations in prisons in England and Wales taken in February.

Earl Ferrers

The information is as follows:—

Annual Census of Religious Registration in Prisons— 16th February 1992
Number
Main Christian Churches represented
Church of England 23,529
Roman Catholic 8,503
Methodist 376
Church of Scotland 474
Mormon 189
Non Conformist 100
Baptist 120
Pentecostal 112
Protestant 157
Ethiopian Orthodox 163
Other Christian Churches 330
Main other religions represented
Muslim 2,095
Sikh 313
Jewish 203
Hindu 135

Number
Buddhist 192
Others 26
Further registrations
No religion 7,541
Others 85
Total 44,643