§ Earl Russellasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is the number of prisoners, broken down by ethnic group, who obtain employment within a year of release. [HL2706]
§ The Minister of State, Home Office (Lord Falconer of Thoroton):The Government do not collect data on the number of prisoners, broken down by ethnic group, who obtain employment within a year of release. A survey in late 2001 of prisoners in the last three weeks of their sentence showed that 29 percent of white prisoners had employment or training arranged after release. This compared with 47 per cent of Asian or Asian British prisoners, 33 per cent of black or black British prisoners and 27 per cent of "mixed ethnicity" prisoners.