HC Deb 31 July 1998 vol 317 c858W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are(a) the numbers and (b) the proportions of prison officers who are (i) Asian and (ii) Afro-Caribbean. [54211]

Mr. George Howarth

The information requested is as follows:

The number of prison officer grades who are

  1. (i) Asian: 159
  2. (ii) Afro-Caribbean: 172

The proportion of prison officer grades who are

  1. (i) Asian: 0.68 per cent.
  2. (ii) Afro-Caribbean: 0.73 per cent.