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<p>Staffing figures for prison chaplains in public sector prisons from 1989 until
2009 are not available, as figures were not collated centrally during this period.</p><p>The
table below shows the number of Christian (which includes Anglican, Free Church, Roman
Catholic, Orthodox) and Muslim Chaplains (full-time equivalent) employed at public
prison establishments by religion of the post from the most recently collated figures.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 March
2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 March 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christian</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Muslim</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The Department does not hold data on the general population.</p><p>With regard
to the proportion of the prison population who identify as Muslim, we are unable to
access data from 1989 and 1999 without incurring disproportionate costs.</p><p>The
figures for 2009 and 2018 are available and are presented in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30
June 2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30 June 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total
prison population</p></td><td><p>83,319</p></td><td><p>82,773</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total
prisoners recorded as Muslim</p></td><td><p>9,932</p></td><td><p>12,894</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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