§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the percentage of prison inmates,(a) men and (b) women, being held in prisons in England and Wales who are of an ethnic minority background but are citizens of the United Kingdom as at 10 January.
§ Mr. Peter LloydResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Mr. D. Lewis to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 18 January 1994:
ETHNIC MINORITIES
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking what is the percentage of prison inmates, (a) men and (b) women, being held in prisons in England and Wales who are of an ethnic minority background but are citizens of the United Kingdom, as at 10 January.
The latest available provisional information is for prisoners in Prison Service establishments on 30 September 1993. On that date 11 per cent of males and 11.5 per cent. of females were of minority ethnic origin and were recorded as having United Kingdom nationality.