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registered interest
date	08/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people of each ethnicity are serving a determinate prison sentence of 20 years or more.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	8446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The data requested are in the tables attached.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2024-01-16 PQ 8446 8447a.xlsx title Total prison population by religion and ethnicity 2 file name 2024-01-16 PQ 8446 8447b.xlsx title Total prison population by religion and ethnicity question first answered 16/01/2024 11:07:04 question first ministerially corrected 17/01/2024 16:37:08 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 11323 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2024-01-16 PQ 8446 8447 #1.xlsx title Table 1 2 file name 2024-01-16 PQ 8446 8447 #2.xlsx title Table 2 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1485985

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking in response to the survey of Black, Asian and minority ethnic women in prison published by the Independent Monitoring Boards and Criminal Justice Alliance in April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	30115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>HMPPS are considering the findings of the IMB / CRA reports and will act accordingly. We recognise that race disparities persist in the Criminal Justice System, and we are committed to actively tackling the impact of this across MoJ. In December 2020 HMPPS launched the Race Action Programme, which will increase the diversity of our workforce, address the risk of bias in our policies and tackle disparity in outcomes for prisoners, people on probation and children in our system.</p><p>The Female Offender Strategy also included a clear commitment to look at how the distinct needs of ethnic minority and non-British national women can be better addressed. This is being taken forward by the Female Offender Minority Ethnic working group, which brings together officials and stakeholders to work together to improve outcomes for this cohort of women.</p><p>There is no place for racial abuse in prisons, which should be safe, orderly and decent places for both prisoners and staff. As set out in the Prisons Strategy White Paper we are introducing training for staff in women’s prisons to address the diverse needs of all women in their care. This will include cultural competence training to equip our staff with an increased knowledge of the effects of culture, faith and sustaining family relationships for ethnically diverse communities, increasing their confidence and skills in supporting all offenders, including those subjected to racial abuse.</p><p>Information on the number, grade and allocated duties of equality staff is not held centrally. The majority of HMPPS PGDs have a dedicated Regional Equality Lead (Band 8 &amp; Full Time) who coordinate activity and drive a regional strategy designed to best represent the unique situations arising in that part of the country, representative of the staff and prisoner population. Profiles for equalities work are decided at a local level to ensure they best fit the nature of individual establishments.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 30116 30117 question first answered 12/07/2022 11:43:42 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1485986

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to provide support to women prisoners who have been victims of racial abuse in prison.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	30116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>HMPPS are considering the findings of the IMB / CRA reports and will act accordingly. We recognise that race disparities persist in the Criminal Justice System, and we are committed to actively tackling the impact of this across MoJ. In December 2020 HMPPS launched the Race Action Programme, which will increase the diversity of our workforce, address the risk of bias in our policies and tackle disparity in outcomes for prisoners, people on probation and children in our system.</p><p>The Female Offender Strategy also included a clear commitment to look at how the distinct needs of ethnic minority and non-British national women can be better addressed. This is being taken forward by the Female Offender Minority Ethnic working group, which brings together officials and stakeholders to work together to improve outcomes for this cohort of women.</p><p>There is no place for racial abuse in prisons, which should be safe, orderly and decent places for both prisoners and staff. As set out in the Prisons Strategy White Paper we are introducing training for staff in women’s prisons to address the diverse needs of all women in their care. This will include cultural competence training to equip our staff with an increased knowledge of the effects of culture, faith and sustaining family relationships for ethnically diverse communities, increasing their confidence and skills in supporting all offenders, including those subjected to racial abuse.</p><p>Information on the number, grade and allocated duties of equality staff is not held centrally. The majority of HMPPS PGDs have a dedicated Regional Equality Lead (Band 8 &amp; Full Time) who coordinate activity and drive a regional strategy designed to best represent the unique situations arising in that part of the country, representative of the staff and prisoner population. Profiles for equalities work are decided at a local level to ensure they best fit the nature of individual establishments.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 30115 30117 question first answered 12/07/2022 11:43:42 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1471428

registered interest
date	17/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve outcomes for prisoners from ethnic minority backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	20285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>We want people to have confidence in a justice system that is fair and open, where no person suffers discrimination of any kind. The over-representation of ethnic minorities in prisons, and in the justice system more widely, is a real concern and we continue to prioritise understanding and tackling any disparities they face.</p><p>Our commitment to tackling race and ethnic disparity is clear, as set out in the government’s Inclusive Britain strategy (published in response to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities). It laid out a clear and broad set of steps we are taking in relation to improving outcomes in criminal justice, and built on the extensive work undertaken in response to the 2017 Lammy Review, a detailed overview of which can be found in the <em>Tackling Racial Disparity</em> updates published in 2018 and 2020.</p><p>Our work to tackle disparities focuses on not just the initial actions committed to in response to the Lammy Review, such as significant efforts to ensure a more representative HMPPS workforce, but also builds on these steps, going further where we can, By way of example, we launched a Stewardship Fund of over £1.5m to better support grassroot, ethnic minority-led and specialist voluntary or community sector organisations. Through the provision of informed services to ethnic minority offenders, they help turn their lives around, reduce reoffending, and improve outcomes for them and wider society.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 27/06/2022 14:37:01 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1386369

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the prison population who are BAME since 2017.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	89668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>Data held centrally does not provide information on the primary purpose of roles across the prison estate. This could only be provided at disproportionate cost as there would be a need for every prison in England and Wales to collate it locally.</p><p> </p><p>Annual data on the prison population by ethnicity group can be found in Table A1.9i of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly publication. In 2018, we also introduced a new table (Table A1.9ii) showing the prison population by ‘detailed ethnicity group’. Both of these can be found at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1006270/Population_30June2021_Annual.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1006270/Population_30June2021_Annual.ods</a>.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 89666 question first answered 13/12/2021 17:17:59 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1385792

registered interest
date	07/12/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the extent to which BAME people are over-represented in the prison system.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	88827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2021 answer text <p>Disparities in the number of minority ethnic men, as well as women and young people, in the justice system is monitored and the data, including analysis of relative differences between groups, creates a detailed picture of where over-representation occurs. A comprehensive assessment of the ethnic population across the criminal justice system, including in prisons, published on 2 December, can be found in the <em>Ethnicity and the Criminal Justice system</em>. This now includes data-sharing on the educational background of offenders, broken down by ethnicity. The Youth Justice Board’s report <em>Understanding Racial Disparity </em>was also published on 2 December.</p><p> </p><p>Operational agencies covering criminal justice undertake their own analysis and develop measures to address differences where they cannot be explained or justified by other factors, such as offence type or geography. Detailed accounts of the steps being taken to improve the outcomes of Ethnic Minority men in the criminal justice system can be found in the published updates <em>Tackling Racial Disparity 2018</em> and <em>2020</em>.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 88826 question first answered 14/12/2021 17:52:19 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1349084

registered interest
date	21/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the number of children in prison from Black and ethnic minority backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	37577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>Monthly statistics on the population of children and young people within secure children’s homes (SCHs), secure training centres (STCs) and young offender institutions (YOIs) can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-custody-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-custody-data</a> .The publication contains detailed information on the make-up of the custody population, including ethnicity.</p><p> </p><p>The number of children and young people in custody has decreased considerably over the past ten years across all ethnic minority groups, however we recognise that this decrease has not fallen evenly for children of different ethnicities which is a matter of concern.</p><p> </p><p>Addressing race disparities is extremely important to the Ministry of Justice and we continue to prioritise this work, examining and acting on the issues highlighted in several reviews, recent independent inspections, and collecting and interrogating data in the spirit of “explain or change”.</p><p> </p><p>The MoJ and the Youth Justice Board work closely together in seeking to tackle racial disparities in the youth justice system, including custody. Work in this area includes providing the tools and data to help frontline youth justice services to understand the needs of ethnic minority children, work with the Magistrates’ Association to build awareness of disparity among sentencers, securing over £1m in funding to use physical activity to improve outcomes for 11,000 ethnic minority children at risk of entering the criminal justice system and improving Youth Custody Service workforce diversity.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 08/09/2021 16:38:10 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1256300

registered interest
date	27/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service Offender Equalities Annual Report 2019-20, published on 26 November 2020, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for a higher proportion of (a) Black or Black British, (b) mixed and (c) Chinese or other ethnicity prisoners being on a Basic Incentives status than White or Asian or Asian British prisoners.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	121827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>In line with recommendation 24 of the Lammy review, to increase the fairness and effectiveness of the Incentives system, the new Incentives Policy Framework requires Governors to establish Incentive Fora involving both staff and prisoners.</p><p>These fora must review the fairness and effectiveness of the local Incentives policy, including the efficacy of the incentives offer. Fora must involve staff as well as white, Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and Gypsy, Traveller and Romany prisoners and all prisoner groups with protected characteristics where present in the local population. Where data indicates disproportionate outcomes for BAME prisoners or people with other protected characteristics, the Governor is required to take steps to investigate and explain why these discrepancies exist and set out what reforms or actions are to be put in place to address such discrepancies.</p><p>A central quality assurance process has been introduced to monitor the new Incentives Forums and their outcomes. This will ensure that Prison Governors will be accountable in instances where the data indicates potential disproportionate outcomes for BAME service users.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 121828 question first answered 07/12/2020 16:55:44 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

756008

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints related to black and ethnic minority equality issues in prisons the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman received in each year since 1997-98; and what proportion of the estimated black and ethnic minority prison population made a complaint in each year.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	7089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The following tables show: 1) the numbers of fatal incident investigations of transgender prisoners; 2) complaints received about racial equality issues; 3) complaints received relating to prisons; and 4) complaints received about transgender issues:</p><p> </p><p><strong>1) </strong><strong>Fatal incident investigations of transgender prisoners started, by financial year</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>PPO fatal incident investigations started</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>2) </strong><strong>Complaints received by the PPO about racial equality issues, by financial year</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Complaints Received</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Eligible for investigation</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>3) </strong><strong>Complaints received relating to prisons, by financial year</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Complaints Received</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Eligible for investigation</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>4,894</p></td><td><p>2,704</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>4,438</p></td><td><p>2,033</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>4,582</p></td><td><p>2,310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>4,3</p></td><td><p>2,288</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>4,657</p></td><td><p>2,505</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>4) </strong><strong>Complaints received by the PPO about transgender equality issues, by financial year</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Complaints Received</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Eligible for investigation</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We have been able to provide a consistent time series back to 2012/13. The time required to provide data going back to 1997/98 would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold information on the overall proportion of the prison population that made a complaint or the proportion of the estimated transgender prisoner population for the time periods requested. There may be other similar cases where the PPO investigated a death but were not aware of the person having previously identified as transgender and therefore their death would not be included in these figures.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes that prisons should be places of safety and reform. We welcome the work that the PPO has done to prevent self-inflicted deaths in custody, promote equality and inclusion, and improve safety in prisons more generally.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 7087 7090 7390 question first answered 12/09/2017 11:12:34 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

540087

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people from ethnic minority backgrounds were sent to prison in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion of the total annual prison population such people represent in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	43374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2016 answer text <p>It is absolutely essential that our justice system treats people from all backgrounds equally. That’s why we commissioned an independent review to look at the treatment and experiences of BAME groups in the justice system.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people sent to prison in each of the last 10 years can be viewed in the table below. The table also includes the number of people from ethnic minority backgrounds who were sent to prison in each of the last 10 years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Table 1: First prison receptions</strong><strong><sup>1</sup></strong><strong> into prison by ethnic group, England &amp; Wales, 2005 - 2015</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><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2006</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong><strong><sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong><strong><sup>3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All ethnicities</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>132,058</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>128,986</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>125,881</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>134,148</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>125,877</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>118,042</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>120,760</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>112,774</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>107,318</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>103,892</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>93,722</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>102,465</p></td><td><p>98,745</p></td><td><p>96,412</p></td><td><p>103,024</p></td><td><p>96,722</p></td><td><p>90,095</p></td><td><p>92,265</p></td><td><p>86,671</p></td><td><p>83,268</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>73,258</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed/ Multiple ethnic groups</p></td><td><p>3,330</p></td><td><p>3,497</p></td><td><p>3,704</p></td><td><p>4,047</p></td><td><p>3,961</p></td><td><p>3,946</p></td><td><p>3,963</p></td><td><p>3,752</p></td><td><p>3,567</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>3,192</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian/ Asian British</p></td><td><p>8,504</p></td><td><p>8,853</p></td><td><p>8,392</p></td><td><p>9,294</p></td><td><p>8,947</p></td><td><p>8,249</p></td><td><p>8,748</p></td><td><p>8,017</p></td><td><p>8,026</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>6,533</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black/ African/ Caribbean/ Black British</p></td><td><p>15,664</p></td><td><p>15,635</p></td><td><p>15,033</p></td><td><p>15,585</p></td><td><p>13,745</p></td><td><p>11,941</p></td><td><p>12,263</p></td><td><p>10,568</p></td><td><p>9,773</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>8,316</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other ethnic group</p></td><td><p>1,657</p></td><td><p>1,875</p></td><td><p>2,047</p></td><td><p>2,039</p></td><td><p>2,056</p></td><td><p>1,658</p></td><td><p>1,607</p></td><td><p>1,588</p></td><td><p>1,440</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>1,308</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not stated</p></td><td><p>276</p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>216</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>297</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethnic group not recorded</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>298</p></td><td><p>2,071</p></td><td><p>1,827</p></td><td><p>2,069</p></td><td><p>1,135</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>818</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1991 Census ethnic codes<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>0</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><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><em>Proportion of first receptions that are from ethnic minority groups</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>22%</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>23%</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>23%</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>23%</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>23%</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>22%</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>22%</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>21%</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>21%</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>..</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>21%</em></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(1) A first reception is a measure which counts a prisoners first movement into custody following a court hearing for a particular set of offences committed, and therefore gives the best indication of the number of new prisoners in the reporting period</p><p>(2) Due to data quality concerns and a problem with the supply of data between 1 April 2014 and 30 June 2014, the volume of first receptions are unavailable for this period. To estimate the 2014 totals and subsequent breakdowns for the affected statistics, an imputation method has been applied. Due to the disruption in data supply, a breakdown of first receptions by ethnic group is not available.</p><p>(3) Due to improvements in IT systems, the 2015 prison receptions data is now taken from a different source and, for statistical reporting purposes only, are produced using a different method.</p><p>(4) Prior to 2004 the 1991 census ethnic codes were used.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The proportion of the total yearly prison population such people represent in each of those years can be found in the prison population 2015 publication at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015</a></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 43375 question first answered 27/07/2016 13:17:21 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
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