§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide a breakdown by ethnic group of those prisoners who were(a) eligible for release on home detention curfew in the last year and (b) released on home detention curfew in the last year. [125337]
§ Mr. BoatengA breakdown by ethnic group prisoners who were eligible for release on home detention curfew and of those who were actually released on the scheme, and the release rate for each group during the period from 1 June 1999 to 31 May 2000 is shown in the table.
HDC eligibility/release figures and release rates by ethnic group between June 1999 and May 2000 Eligible Released Release rate Total 55,175 16,108 29% White 48,260 13,563 28% Black 4,122 1,277 31% South Asian 1,405 719 51% Chinese and other 1,388 549 40%