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Written question asked by Madeleine Moon (Labour) on Thursday, 3 October 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 8 October 2019 (named day). It was answered by Lucy Frazer (Conservative) on Tuesday, 8 October 2019 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Prisons: Ethnic Groups

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many BAME prisoners were held at (a) HMP Parc and (b) HMP Cardiff prison under (i) remand and (ii) sentence following decisions by courts outside of Wales in each year since 2015; and if he will make a statement.

Answer

The below table indicates non white (includes prisoners with ‘not stated’ and ‘not recorded’ ethnicities) prisoners in HMPs Cardiff and Parc with an associated court outside of Wales (includes prisoners with ‘Court not recorded’).

30/06/2015

30/06/2016

30/06/2017

30/06/2018

30/06/2019

Total

75

60

105

71

87

Of which:

Remand

11

7

15

5

7

Sentenced

62

46

85

60

74

Non-Criminal

2

7

5

6

6

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
294106
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Ethnic groups Prisoners HMP/YOI Parc HMP Cardiff
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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