Written question asked by Paul Stinchcombe (Labour) on Thursday, 26 June 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 July 2003. It was answered by Paul Goggins (Labour) on Monday, 7 July 2003 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) governing governors and (b) governor grades of prison establishments in England and Wales are from an ethnic minority group; what proportion of staff in the Prison Service are from an ethnic minority group. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Stinchcombe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many (a) governing governors and (b) governor grades of prison establishments in England and Wales are from an ethnic minority group; [122967] (2) what proportion of staff in the Prison Service are from an ethnic minority group. [122968] Paul Goggins: As at 30 June 2003, there was in the public sector, one senior operational manager in charge of an establishment recorded as coming from a minority ethnic group. A further two senior operational managers had no ethnicity data recorded in this group. Within the contracted prisons sector (i.e. private prisons), there is one minority ethnic manager in charge of an establishment. Out of the 1,258 senior operational managers in post on 31 May 2003 in the public sector, 35 were recorded as coming from a minority ethnic group, representing 2.8 per cent. of senior operational managers in this group. A further 85 (6.8 per cent.) had no ethnicity data recorded. Out of the 46,467 public sector staff in post on 31 May 2003, 2,425 were recorded as coming from a minority ethnic group, representing 5.2 per cent. of staff in this sector. A further 4,078 (8.8 per cent.) had no ethnicity data recorded. Within the contracted (i.e. private) prisons sector, 83 staff are recorded as coming from a minority ethnic group, representing 2.2 per cent. of the total contracted prisons staff.

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