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<p> </p><p> </p><p>Data are held centrally on the prison population in England and
Wales on the last day of each month, so figures have been provided for 31<sup>st</sup>
December 2013 (with the exception of PQ 197068 which has been answered as at 30 June
2013 – the latest available data for criminal history information).</p><p>For PQ 197067,
Table 1 below provides the number for the sentenced prison population by sentence
length for self-declared Muslim prisoners and the total for all religions.</p><p>For
PQ 197068, Table 2 provides the number of offenders in prison on 30th June 2013 who
identified themselves as Muslim and all other religions by the number of previous
custodial sentences received.</p><p>For PQ 197069, Table 3 provides the prison population
by nationality for self-declared Muslims and the total for all other religions.</p><p>For
PQ 197090, Table 4 provides the prison population by age group for self-declared Muslims
and the total for all other religions.</p><p>Please note that the religion of prisoners
is self declared and prisoners are under no obligation to declare their religion.</p><p>These
figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale
recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p>
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