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>
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>
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Date<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 31 March 2009<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 31 March 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Christian<\/p><\/td> 151<\/p><\/td> 157<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Muslim<\/p><\/td> 45<\/p><\/td> 61<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> The Department does not hold data on the general population.<\/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> The figures for 2009 and 2018 are available and are presented in the table below:<\/p> Date<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 30 June 2009<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 30 June 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total prison population<\/p><\/td> 83,319<\/p><\/td> 82,773<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total prisoners recorded as Muslim<\/p><\/td> 9,932<\/p><\/td> 12,894<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p>"}
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