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<p>PAVA is presently in 80 HMPPS prisons *, the below tables provide population figures
across those 80 prisons firstly by ethnicity and secondly by religion. We are unable
to provide this breakdown for disability as data is not available.</p><p><em>Note*
The 80 prisons comprises 26 live sites which have issued to over 50% of their staff
and the remainder have only issued to a small number of staff as part of an exceptional
deployment.</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Table 1: Prisoners
held in prisons where pelargonic acid vanillylamide (PAVA) incapacitant spray has
been issued, by ethnicity, March 2019 - September 2021, in England and Wales</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>31-Mar-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30-Sep-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31-Mar-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30-Sep-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31-Mar-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30-Sep-21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>
</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59,070</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59,958</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59,657</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>57,223</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>56,594</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>57,224</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Asian / Asian British</strong></p></td><td><p>4,599</p></td><td><p>4,642</p></td><td><p>4,635</p></td><td><p>4,464</p></td><td><p>4,534</p></td><td><p>4,709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Black
/ African / Caribbean / Black British</strong></p></td><td><p>7,786</p></td><td><p>7,964</p></td><td><p>7,839</p></td><td><p>7,615</p></td><td><p>7,541</p></td><td><p>7,494</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mixed
/ Multiple ethnic groups</strong></p></td><td><p>2,724</p></td><td><p>2,808</p></td><td><p>2,848</p></td><td><p>2,803</p></td><td><p>2,758</p></td><td><p>2,764</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other
ethnic group</strong></p></td><td><p>918</p></td><td><p>916</p></td><td><p>932</p></td><td><p>888</p></td><td><p>853</p></td><td><p>858</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>White</strong></p></td><td><p>42,624</p></td><td><p>43,228</p></td><td><p>42,912</p></td><td><p>40,918</p></td><td><p>40,399</p></td><td><p>40,869</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Not
recorded</strong></p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>376</p></td><td><p>314</p></td><td><p>354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Not
stated</strong></p></td><td><p>179</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>195</p></td><td><p>176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Table
2: Prisoners held in prisons where pelargonic acid vanillylamide (PAVA) incapacitant
spray has been issued, by religion, March 2019 - September 2021, in England and Wales</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31-Mar-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30-Sep-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31-Mar-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30-Sep-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31-Mar-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30-Sep-21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>
</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59,070</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59,958</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59,657</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>57,223</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>56,594</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>57,224</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Anglican</strong></p></td><td><p>9,751</p></td><td><p>9,750</p></td><td><p>9,522</p></td><td><p>8,866</p></td><td><p>8,391</p></td><td><p>8,223</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Free
Church</strong></p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>535</p></td><td><p>547</p></td><td><p>559</p></td><td><p>539</p></td><td><p>531</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Roman
Catholic</strong></p></td><td><p>10,380</p></td><td><p>10,453</p></td><td><p>10,386</p></td><td><p>9,873</p></td><td><p>9,547</p></td><td><p>9,723</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other
Christian</strong></p></td><td><p>7,741</p></td><td><p>7,828</p></td><td><p>7,584</p></td><td><p>7,302</p></td><td><p>7,350</p></td><td><p>7,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Muslim</strong></p></td><td><p>9,612</p></td><td><p>9,920</p></td><td><p>10,096</p></td><td><p>9,953</p></td><td><p>10,202</p></td><td><p>10,424</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hindu</strong></p></td><td><p>263</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>237</p></td><td><p>247</p></td><td><p>256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sikh</strong></p></td><td><p>431</p></td><td><p>399</p></td><td><p>406</p></td><td><p>365</p></td><td><p>344</p></td><td><p>349</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Buddhist</strong></p></td><td><p>1,181</p></td><td><p>1,183</p></td><td><p>1,227</p></td><td><p>1,171</p></td><td><p>1,135</p></td><td><p>1,104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jewish</strong></p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>406</p></td><td><p>406</p></td><td><p>395</p></td><td><p>384</p></td><td><p>383</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other
religious groups</strong></p></td><td><p>1,345</p></td><td><p>1,420</p></td><td><p>1,433</p></td><td><p>1,410</p></td><td><p>1,366</p></td><td><p>1,362</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other
non-recognised</strong></p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>No
religion</strong></p></td><td><p>17,381</p></td><td><p>17,702</p></td><td><p>17,676</p></td><td><p>16,879</p></td><td><p>16,843</p></td><td><p>17,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Not
recorded</strong></p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>207</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>
</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Data sources and quality</strong><br>The
figures in these tables 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> </p><p><strong>Source: Prison NOMIS System</strong></p><p><br>PQ
HL3793 (Ministry of Justice; DASD-DES)</p>
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