HC Deb 17 July 1995 vol 263 c936W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) men and (b) women are members of boards of visitors at prisons in England and Wales. [34765]

Miss Widdecombe

There are 923 men and 785 women who are members of boards of visitors at prisons in England and Wales.

Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of(a) men and (b) women of an ethnic minority background who are members of boards of visitors at prisons in England and Wales as at 1 July. [34345]

Miss Widdecombe

As at 1 July there were 83 men and 45 women of an ethnic minority background who were members of boards of visitors at prisons in England and Wales.