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The Prison Act 1952 enshrines in law the statutory duties of a prison chaplain. These tasks, which must be undertaken daily, are incorporated into Prison Rules and Young Offender Rules. They are explained in detail in Prison Service Instruction 05/2016 Faith and Pastoral Care for Prisoners.<\/p>

We recognise and respect the right of prisoners to register and practice their faith while serving their prison sentence. Chaplaincy plays a critical and unique role in the work of prisons and life of prisoners. It provides not only faith advice but pastoral care in support of HM Prison and Probation Service\u2019s commitments to decency, safety and rehabilitation.<\/p>

A breakdown of prisoner population by religion is provided in the quarterly Offender Management statistics publication on GOV.UK. The latest publication can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018<\/a>. The relevant extract of those statistics is provided in the following table:<\/p>

Table 1.5: Prison population by religion and sex<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/p><\/td>

31-Mar-18<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

30-Jun-18<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

30-Sep-18<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

31-Dec-18<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

31-Mar-19<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Percentage change March 2018 to 2019<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Males and Females<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

83,263<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

82,773<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

83,005<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

82,236<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

82,634<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

-1%<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

All Christian<\/p><\/td>

39,839<\/p><\/td>

39,541<\/p><\/td>

39,784<\/p><\/td>

39,293<\/p><\/td>

39,515<\/p><\/td>

-1%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Anglican<\/em><\/p><\/td>

13,971<\/em><\/p><\/td>

13,808<\/em><\/p><\/td>

13,755<\/em><\/p><\/td>

13,496<\/em><\/p><\/td>

13,480<\/em><\/p><\/td>

-4%<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Free Church<\/em><\/p><\/td>

776<\/em><\/p><\/td>

764<\/em><\/p><\/td>

782<\/em><\/p><\/td>

758<\/em><\/p><\/td>

737<\/em><\/p><\/td>

-5%<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Roman Catholic<\/em><\/p><\/td>

14,334<\/em><\/p><\/td>

14,277<\/em><\/p><\/td>

14,246<\/em><\/p><\/td>

14,094<\/em><\/p><\/td>

14,160<\/em><\/p><\/td>

-1%<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Other Christian<\/em><\/p><\/td>

10,758<\/em><\/p><\/td>

10,692<\/em><\/p><\/td>

11,001<\/em><\/p><\/td>

10,945<\/em><\/p><\/td>

11,138<\/em><\/p><\/td>

4%<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Muslim<\/p><\/td>

12,847<\/p><\/td>

12,894<\/p><\/td>

12,868<\/p><\/td>

12,894<\/p><\/td>

13,008<\/p><\/td>

1%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Hindu<\/p><\/td>

379<\/p><\/td>

354<\/p><\/td>

350<\/p><\/td>

361<\/p><\/td>

343<\/p><\/td>

-9%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Sikh<\/p><\/td>

625<\/p><\/td>

632<\/p><\/td>

634<\/p><\/td>

638<\/p><\/td>

611<\/p><\/td>

-2%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Buddhist<\/p><\/td>

1,517<\/p><\/td>

1,518<\/p><\/td>

1,569<\/p><\/td>

1,575<\/p><\/td>

1,619<\/p><\/td>

7%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Jewish<\/p><\/td>

480<\/p><\/td>

488<\/p><\/td>

477<\/p><\/td>

482<\/p><\/td>

477<\/p><\/td>

-1%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Other religious group<\/p><\/td>

1,724<\/p><\/td>

1,777<\/p><\/td>

1,782<\/p><\/td>

1,838<\/p><\/td>

1,876<\/p><\/td>

9%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Non recognised<\/p><\/td>

10<\/p><\/td>

11<\/p><\/td>

12<\/p><\/td>

6<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td>

**<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

No religion<\/p><\/td>

25,711<\/p><\/td>

25,393<\/p><\/td>

25,413<\/p><\/td>

25,053<\/p><\/td>

25,034<\/p><\/td>

-3%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Not recorded<\/p><\/td>

131<\/p><\/td>

165<\/p><\/td>

116<\/p><\/td>

96<\/p><\/td>

144<\/p><\/td>

10%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

Chaplains may work on a full-time, part-time, sessional or voluntary basis. A breakdown of Chaplains in employed in prisons and by faith, is provided below.<\/p>

Number of chaplains (headcount) employed by HM Prison and Probation Service1<\/sup>, as at 31 March 2019.<\/strong><\/p>

<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td>

Headcount<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Prison Service establishments<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Religion<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Number of chaplains<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/p><\/td>

Christian<\/p><\/td>

242<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/p><\/td>

Muslim<\/p><\/td>

118<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/p><\/td>

Sikh<\/p><\/td>

12<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/p><\/td>

Hindu<\/p><\/td>

3<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/p><\/td>

Unknown2<\/sup><\/strong><\/p><\/td>

99<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Total<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td>

474<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Notes to Table<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

  1. A substantial amount of Chaplaincy services within the public sector Prison Service are provided by non-employed staff on a sessional basis, which are not included in the figures presented in this table. Chaplains fill roles in bands 5 and 7 or above under the Fair and Sustainable structures.<\/li>
  2. These are mostly managing Chaplains where the religion of the post is not specified.<\/li>
  3. Only includes chaplains working in prisons and therefore will not match published data which includes Chaplains who work in other areas of HMPPS, such as at Headquarters.<\/li><\/ol><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

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Information on the private estate is not held centrally. The total number of chaplain staff since 2010 can be found in the HMPPS Workforce Statistics Bulletin. The latest publication on the number of Chaplains can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2019<\/a> Information on the religious affiliation of chaplains is not published.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4106", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South Swindon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Buckland"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-05-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-05-24T12:37:29.683Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "54"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-05-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Prisons: Ministers of Religion"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prisoners and (b) chaplains employed within prisons there are of each religion or belief.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/104", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Crispin Blunt"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Reigate"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Crispin Blunt"} ], "uin" : "255249"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1127143", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1127143/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

Data on the percentage of occasions on which an offender was convicted with a specified number of previous convictions and received a specified sentence, covering the period 2006 \u2013 2018, can be viewed in the attached table.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4106", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South Swindon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Buckland"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1127143/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "Copy of PQ255398 Response Table.xlsx"} , "title" : "Table"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-05-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-05-24T12:34:07.333Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "54"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-05-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Sentencing"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people convicted in each of the last twelve years who previously had (a) no, (b) between one and four, (c) between five and nine, (d) between 10 and 15, (e) between 16 and 25, (f) between 26 and 50, (g) between 51 and 75, (h) between 76 and 100 and (i) 101 or more convictions received (i) an immediate custodial sentence, (ii) a suspended sentence and (iii) a community sentence.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4679", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Neil O'Brien"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Harborough"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Neil O'Brien"} ], "uin" : "255398"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1127208", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1127208/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The consumption of dog meat, animal welfare and amendments to the Agriculture Bill are matters for the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The Secretary of State for Justice has not therefore discussed these issues with the Foreign Secretary.<\/p>

<\/p>

The Ministry of Justice is responsible for general criminal law issues and has frequent discussions on these matters with other Government departments, including the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3926", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Paul Maynard"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Blackpool North and Cleveleys"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Paul Maynard"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-05-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "255659"} , {"_value" : "255660"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-05-24T12:54:26.047Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "54"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-05-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Dogs: Meat"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Foreign Secretary on the potential effect of banning the consumption of dog meat in the UK on animal welfare abroad.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1428", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North Herefordshire"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Bill Wiggin"} ], "uin" : "255287"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 3, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }