§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the ethnic origin of those(a) prison inmates and (b) persons in police custody on whom restraints were used during 1993.
§ 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 A. J. Butler to Mr. Alun Michael, dated 26 May 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question asking what was the ethnic origin of those (a) prison inmates and (b) persons in police custody on whom restraints were used during 1993.I am afraid that the information is not available centrally.