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Prisoners: Ethnic Groups

Answer

The following table shows the numbers of prisoners by each ethnicity in all prison establishments including young offender institutions, which are indicated, in England and Wales as at 30 June 2009 (latest published figures).These figures 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.

Prison population of England and Wales by ethnic group as at 30 June 2009
	White	Mixed	Asian or Asian British	Black or Black British	Chinese or Other	Not stated	Unrecorded	1991 census codes	Total
All	60,770	2,852	6,011	12,017	1,412	159	14	219	83,454
Altcourse	1,160	21	58	49	18	2	0	6	1,314
Askham Grange	101	4	9	6	2	0	0	0	122
Acklington	890	9	27	10	4	0	0	0	940
Albany	461	6	16	68	0	1	1	1	554
Ashfield¹	239	30	16	50	0	1	0	2	338
Ashwell	141	4	26	24	4	0	0	0	200
Aylesbury¹	209	34	29	154	4	1	0	1	433
Belmarsh	508	36	73	252	25	0	0	3	897
Buckley Hall	304	7	34	30	1	1	0	0	377
Blundeston	303	22	42	139	6	1	0	1	514
Bedford	309	29	48	70	5	0	0	0	461
Blantyre House	86	1	2	25	2	1	0	1	118
Bristol	502	19	16	56	11	1	0	2	607
Birmingham	908	68	181	263	21	2	0	1	1,444
Bullingdon	769	47	90	147	21	3	0	4	1,081
Brinsford¹	340	32	67	77	5	0	0	0	521
Bullwood Hall	51	4	49	73	52	0	0	0	229
Brixton	346	30	71	331	13	0	0	1	792
Bronzefield	308	20	13	80	16	2	0	0	439
Chelmsford	497	22	48	113	11	0	0	1	692
Cardiff	705	24	33	31	17	5	0	5	819
Camp Hill	371	22	32	133	7	1	0	0	566
Cookham Wood¹	63	4	0	18	1	0	0	0	86
Coldingley	317	17	27	138	4	3	0	0	506
Castington¹	343	5	6	8	6	0	0	3	371
Channings Wood	643	11	15	51	2	0	0	0	722
Canterbury	84	6	55	96	53	0	0	0	295
Dartmoor	526	15	18	56	2	3	0	0	620
Dovegate	590	29	67	153	6	3	0	0	848
Drake Hall	181	12	5	57	6	0	0	0	261
Durham	863	8	17	19	47	0	0	4	958
Doncaster	900	21	68	74	16	2	0	22	1,103
Dorchester	196	3	6	15	3	0	0	3	226
Deerbolt¹	395	11	14	11	0	0	0	1	431
Dover	22	0	78	130	80	0	0	0	310
Downview	176	20	16	115	10	3	0	0	340
Erlestoke	364	13	17	70	2	1	0	1	468
Sheppey Cluster (Standford Hill)	304	14	33	86	8	2	0	4	450
East Sutton Park	43	7	3	31	4	0	0	0	88
Everthorpe	582	14	48	28	1	0	0	1	674
Eastwood Park	250	17	14	27	10	0	0	0	317
Exeter	502	6	5	15	0	1	0	3	531
Sheppey Cluster (Elmley)	788	21	38	97	8	1	0	1	954
Forest Bank	911	25	110	87	10	0	0	1	1,144
Ford	355	15	51	102	4	1	0	1	529
Foston Hall	190	8	6	11	2	0	0	0	217
Frankland	627	19	23	54	7	4	0	0	734
Feltham¹	188	75	61	322	22	7	0	5	680
Full Sutton	421	26	41	75	3	11	0	0	577
Featherstone	470	28	77	103	4	0	0	0	682
Garth	679	19	58	52	9	0	0	0	817
Gloucester	238	7	12	24	2	0	0	4	287
Guys Marsh	435	22	17	95	4	0	0	1	575
Grendon/Spring Hill	368	27	50	68	0	2	0	0	516
Glen Parva¹	576	69	39	95	10	1	0	4	793
Gartree	513	16	54	80	11	3	0	1	678
Hollesley Bay	238	9	17	67	4	0	0	0	334
Huntercombe¹	111	26	26	93	3	0	0	1	260
Moorland Open	185	9	31	13	3	0	0	0	241
Hewell	998	39	121	165	20	1	0	0	1,344
Holme House	884	7	29	19	7	0	0	2	948
Hindley¹	250	12	12	10	0	0	0	5	289
Hull	934	14	33	18	13	0	0	6	1,018
High Down	659	36	75	278	17	1	0	6	1,073
Highpoint	514	38	79	276	18	3	0	1	930
Haslar	31	4	49	49	18	1	0	0	151
Haverigg	558	10	41	18	2	1	0	0	629
Holloway	259	24	14	106	23	0	0	2	428
Kirkham	489	14	43	19	1	1	0	1	568
Kennet	321	3	1	10	1	0	0	0	336
Kirklevington Grange	216	4	40	9	1	0	0	0	270
Lancaster	208	2	14	5	0	0	0	0	228
Leicester	240	12	62	33	7	0	0	2	357
Leeds	897	38	131	58	22	1	9	1	1,157
Lancaster Farms¹	408	29	20	29	1	0	0	6	493
Lowdham Grange	445	32	69	122	15	2	0	0	685
Lindholme	736	38	144	159	35	2	0	0	1,114
Lincoln	609	8	8	24	18	0	0	2	670
Long Lartin	327	23	69	108	6	3	0	1	537
Latchmere House	87	12	23	68	3	0	0	0	193
Low Newton	294	3	1	9	4	0	0	0	311
Liverpool	1,101	25	82	92	35	0	0	2	1,337
Littlehey	526	27	52	97	6	3	0	0	711
Lewes	567	11	17	63	5	0	0	1	664
Leyhill	387	12	37	44	7	0	0	5	492
Moorland Closed	599	37	53	73	5	3	0	0	771
Morton Hall	132	18	8	154	16	1	0	0	328
Manchester	916	38	120	123	18	1	0	10	1,226
Maidstone	409	8	35	125	9	2	0	1	590
Mount (The)	343	46	87	257	24	6	0	0	763
Edmunds Hill	215	14	42	87	11	0	0	0	369
New Hall	326	9	8	14	13	0	0	0	370
Nottingham	393	20	48	69	9	1	0	6	545
Northallerton¹	207	8	11	5	1	0	0	0	232
North Sea Camp	250	10	24	18	2	0	0	0	303
Norwich	410	8	17	56	8	0	1	2	502
Onley	491	39	61	96	2	3	0	0	692
Peterborough	740	33	50	101	25	1	0	1	950
Portland¹	316	35	29	161	7	1	0	3	553
Parkhurst	346	16	31	86	5	6	0	2	491
Preston	659	9	57	11	7	0	0	3	746
Parc	1,040	27	29	56	9	1	0	13	1,175
Kingston (Portsmouth)	139	7	12	16	1	0	0	0	175
Pentonville	507	47	146	365	34	0	1	7	1,105
Rochester¹	340	40	49	210	9	0	0	0	647
Reading¹	188	17	14	15	6	0	0	2	242
Rye Hill	406	24	59	153	8	2	0	1	654
Ranby	749	37	108	149	10	0	0	1	1,054
Risley	875	24	90	78	11	1	0	1	1,080
Send	209	8	12	42	7	0	0	0	278
Stafford	572	23	73	58	6	3	0	0	735
Stoke Heath¹	460	28	40	50	1	1	0	0	580
Stocken	617	33	63	85	8	1	0	0	807
Sheppey Cluster (Swaleside)	463	29	74	246	9	3	0	2	826
Shepton Mallet	167	1	1	17	1	1	0	0	188
Swinfen Hall¹	406	56	43	105	3	1	0	1	616
Styal	381	8	12	28	19	1	0	1	450
Sudbury	379	21	81	85	2	3	0	0	570
Swansea	368	5	11	10	3	0	0	1	398
Shrewsbury	250	2	14	19	5	0	0	0	290
Thorn Cross¹	243	13	29	12	1	0	0	3	301
Usk/Prescoed	392	3	9	20	2	1	0	0	426
Verne (The)	235	11	39	287	17	0	0	0	589
Wellingborough	369	28	47	172	8	3	0	0	628
Winchester	588	21	24	40	14	0	1	1	689
Wakefield	588	23	40	70	6	9	0	0	735
Wealstun	394	20	64	37	2	1	0	0	517
Woodhill	581	46	55	104	14	1	1	8	809
Warren Hill¹	125	13	9	40	2	0	0	0	188
Wayland	703	39	50	189	18	0	0	1	1,000
Wymott	979	18	70	53	6	1	0	0	1,127
Werrington¹	93	14	10	12	1	0	0	0	130
Wolds	338	11	18	20	0	0	0	0	388
Whitemoor	231	26	46	129	8	3	0	1	444
Wormwood Scrubs	606	62	191	399	30	1	1	3	1,293
Whatton	730	6	54	45	3	2	0	0	840
Wandsworth	947	58	158	435	64	6	0	7	1,675
Wetherby¹	299	24	15	14	5	0	0	3	360
¹ Establishments which serve as Young Offender Institutions

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

508 c1470-6W; 325842

Session

2009-10

Subjects

Prisoners Young offenders

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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