Home Department written question – answered at on 24 July 2002.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of (a) prisoners and (b) prison staff in each prison establishment in England and Wales are from minority ethnic groups.
The population breakdown for each prison establishment in England and Wales for
Prison Name | Total | White (per cent.) | Black (per cent.) | Asian (per cent.) | Chinese and Other (per cent.) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acklington | 763 | 96 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Albany | 439 | 93 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Altcourse | 920 | 96 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Ashfield | 386 | 89 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
Ashwell | 482 | 78 | 16 | 6 | 0 |
Askham Grange | 134 | 76 | 18 | 2 | 3 |
Aylesbury | 349 | 57 | 33 | 7 | 4 |
Bedford | 447 | 76 | 13 | 8 | 3 |
Belmarsh | 858 | 57 | 31 | 6 | 6 |
Birmingham | 907 | 69 | 19 | 11 | 2 |
Blakenhurst | 850 | 79 | 12 | 8 | 1 |
Blantyre House | 120 | 75 | 20 | 4 | 1 |
Blundestone | 419 | 52 | 41 | 3 | 3 |
Brinsford | 465 | 70 | 20 | 10 | 0 |
Bristol | 590 | 84 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
Brixton | 760 | 44 | 42 | 5 | 9 |
Brockhill | 154 | 80 | 12 | 5 | 3 |
Buckley Hall | 162 | 79 | 17 | 1 | 3 |
Bullingdon | 919 | 72 | 20 | 6 | 2 |
Bullwood Hall | 172 | 68 | 24 | 1 | 7 |
Camp Hill | 531 | 62 | 32 | 2 | 4 |
Canterbury | 305 | 87 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
Cardiff | 670 | 91 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Castington | 329 | 92 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Channings Wood | 617 | 93 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Chelmsford | 562 | 77 | 16 | 4 | 4 |
Coldingley | 375 | 59 | 36 | 2 | 3 |
Cookham Wood | 131 | 44 | 45 | 1 | 9 |
Dartmoor | 609 | 88 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
Deerbolt | 480 | 93 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Doncaster | 1,113 | 88 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Dorchester | 259 | 92 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Dovegate | 723 | 70 | 23 | 5 | 3 |
Dover(103) | 88 | 67 | 5 | 25 | 4 |
Downview | 261 | 44 | 50 | 2 | 4 |
Drake Hall | 291 | 80 | 17 | 3 | 0 |
Durham | 711 | 96 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
East Sutton Park | 97 | 55 | 36 | 4 | 5 |
Eastwood Park | 314 | 85 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Elmley | 949 | 82 | 12 | 4 | 2 |
Erlestoke | 331 | 87 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
Everthorpe | 375 | 88 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
Exeter | 514 | 97 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Featherstone | 603 | 77 | 14 | 8 | 0 |
Feltham | 592 | 43 | 43 | 7 | 8 |
Ford | 513 | 76 | 13 | 7 | 4 |
Forest Bank | 1,024 | 87 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
Foston Hall | 218 | 83 | 15 | 0 | 2 |
Frankland | 634 | 87 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
Full Sutton | 598 | 81 | 13 | 4 | 2 |
Garth | 659 | 84 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
Gartree | 278 | 87 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
Glen Parva | 801 | 81 | 14 | 4 | 1 |
Gloucester | 321 | 92 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
Grendon/Spring Hill | 453 | 83 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
Guys Marsh | 518 | 83 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
Haslar | 138 | 34 | 27 | 29 | 10 |
Hatfield | 173 | 86 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
Haverigg | 556 | 95 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Hewell Grange | 190 | 70 | 14 | 16 | 1 |
Highdown | 732 | 61 | 32 | 5 | 2 |
Highpoint | 891 | 62 | 31 | 2 | 5 |
Hindley | 527 | 83 | 12 | 5 | 0 |
Hollesley Bay | 411 | 78 | 16 | 4 | 3 |
Holloway | 479 | 57 | 33 | 2 | 7 |
Holme House | 998 | 95 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Hull | 643 | 95 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Huntercombe | 343 | 53 | 33 | 10 | 4 |
Kingston(Portsmouth) | 182 | 86 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
Kirkham | 509 | 90 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
Kirklevington | 182 | 95 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Lancaster | 243 | 95 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Lancaster Farms | 460 | 90 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Latchmere House | 190 | 60 | 28 | 8 | 4 |
Leeds | 1,262 | 84 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
Leicester | 369 | 76 | 13 | 9 | 2 |
Lewes | 536 | 85 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
Leyhill | 432 | 91 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
Lincoln | 551 | 96 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Lindholme | 686 | 81 | 7 | 9 | 3 |
Littlehey | 645 | 79 | 14 | 5 | 2 |
Liverpool | 1,461 | 90 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
Long Lartin | 422 | 71 | 18 | 7 | 4 |
Low Newton | 294 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Lowdham Grange | 519 | 70 | 20 | 7 | 4 |
Maidstone | 444 | 70 | 20 | 4 | 6 |
Manchester | 1,252 | 82 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
Moorland | 769 | 81 | 11 | 7 | 1 |
Morton Hall | 195 | 42 | 53 | 1 | 5 |
New Hall | 369 | 90 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
North Sea Camp | 225 | 84 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
Northallerton | 232 | 91 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Norwich | 745 | 84 | 11 | 3 | 2 |
Nottingham | 510 | 83 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
Onley | 482 | 73 | 20 | 5 | 2 |
Parc | 951 | 96 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Parkhurst | 511 | 65 | 26 | 5 | 4 |
Pentonville | 1,157 | 43 | 39 | 8 | 9 |
Portland | 427 | 62 | 29 | 6 | 3 |
Preston | 619 | 92 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Ranby | 743 | 87 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
Reading | 251 | 80 | 12 | 6 | 2 |
Risley | 827 | 86 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
Rochester | 158 | 58 | 20 | 10 | 12 |
Rye Hill | 658 | 67 | 17 | 10 | 6 |
Send | 217 | 40 | 52 | 2 | 6 |
Shepton Mallet | 182 | 90 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
Shrewsbury | 342 | 91 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Stafford | 636 | 78 | 16 | 6 | 0 |
Standford Hill | 351 | 62 | 24 | 7 | 7 |
Stocken | 579 | 81 | 10 | 7 | 1 |
Stoke Heath | 646 | 87 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
Styal | 442 | 85 | 12 | 1 | 2 |
Sudbury | 515 | 79 | 9 | 11 | 1 |
Swaleside | 772 | 63 | 26 | 6 | 5 |
Swansea | 365 | 98 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Swinfen Hall | 311 | 71 | 20 | 9 | 0 |
The Mount | 758 | 47 | 40 | 8 | 5 |
The Verne | 587 | 51 | 39 | 2 | 9 |
The Weare | 398 | 73 | 22 | 2 | 3 |
The Wolds | 409 | 95 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Thorn Cross | 210 | 80 | 8 | 10 | 1 |
Usk/Prescoed | 340 | 96 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Wakefield | 569 | 87 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
Wandsworth | 1,460 | 55 | 31 | 3 | 11 |
Wayland | 650 | 70 | 21 | 4 | 4 |
Wealstun | 622 | 84 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
Wellingborough | 523 | 79 | 15 | 4 | 1 |
Werrington | 126 | 91 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
Wetherby | 348 | 81 | 10 | 8 | 1 |
Whatton | 273 | 96 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Whitemoor | 421 | 71 | 18 | 6 | 5 |
Winchester | 638 | 81 | 14 | 2 | 2 |
Woodhill | 743 | 77 | 14 | 6 | 3 |
Wormwood Scrubs | 1,184 | 36 | 45 | 11 | 7 |
Wymott | 803 | 92 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Total Population | 71,112 | 78 | 15 | 5 | 2 |
Total Population | 71,112 | 78 | 15 | 5 | 2 |
(103)Percentages as at
The prison service staff breakdown for each establishment in England and Wales for
Prison Name | White | Minority Ethnic | Not Stated(104) | Non Respondents(105) | All Staff | Per cent. Minority Ethnic(106) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acklington | 358 | 9 | 20 | 387 | 2.3 | |
Albany | 267 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 276 | 1.1 |
Altcourse(107) | 441 | 3 | – | – | 444 | 0.7 |
Ashfield(107) | 239 | 8 | – | – | 247 | 3.2 |
Ashwell | 208 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 242 | 2.1 |
Askham Grange | 79 | 2 | 81 | 2.5 | ||
Aylesbury | 272 | 23 | 39 | 2 | 336 | 6.8 |
Bedford | 72 | 7 | 160 | 239 | 2.9 | |
Belmarsh | 791 | 83 | 17 | 891 | 9.3 | |
Birmingham | 382 | 54 | 54 | 2 | 492 | 11.0 |
Blakenhurst | 262 | 12 | 9 | 283 | 4.2 | |
Blantyre House | 64 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 69 | 2.9 |
Blundeston | 268 | 9 | 277 | 3.2 | ||
Brinsford | 338 | 34 | 25 | 1 | 398 | 8.5 |
Bristol | 500 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 527 | 2.7 |
Brixton | 327 | 96 | 13 | 9 | 445 | 21.6 |
Brockhill | 150 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 167 | 4.8 |
Buckley Hall | 73 | 6 | 128 | 207 | 2.9 | |
Bullingdon | 277 | 17 | 110 | 404 | 4.2 | |
Bullwood Hall | 154 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 168 | 5.4 |
Camp Hill | 269 | 2 | 271 | 0.7 | ||
Canterbury | 188 | 4 | 1 | 193 | 2.1 | |
Cardiff | 396 | 8 | 404 | 2.0 | ||
Castington | 328 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 354 | 0.8 |
Channings Wood | 304 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 324 | 1.2 |
Chelmsford | 289 | 13 | 30 | 332 | 3.9 | |
Coldingley | 196 | 6 | 202 | 3.0 | ||
Cookham Wood | 87 | 2 | 1 | 90 | 2.2 | |
Dartmoor | 297 | 9 | 49 | 6 | 361 | 2.5 |
Deerbolt | 281 | 2 | 283 | 0.7 | ||
Doncaster(107) | 598 | 23 | – | – | 621 | 3.7 |
Dorchester | 153 | 1 | 9 | 163 | 0.6 | |
Dovegate(107) | 389 | 19 | – | – | 408 | 4.7 |
Dover | 178 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 197 | 3.0 |
Downview | 156 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 168 | 4.2 |
Drake Hall | 161 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 186 | 1.6 |
Durham | 347 | 6 | 362 | 715 | 0.8 | |
East Sutton Park | 48 | 1 | 14 | 63 | 1.6 | |
Eastwood Park | 230 | 5 | 235 | 2.1 | ||
Elmley | 440 | 13 | 3 | 456 | 2.9 | |
Erlestoke | 150 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 189 | 2.6 |
Everthorpe | 240 | 2 | 1 | 243 | 0.8 | |
Exeter | 293 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 322 | 0.9 |
Featherstone | 311 | 11 | 4 | 326 | 3.4 | |
Feltham | 464 | 104 | 92 | 660 | 15.8 | |
Ford | 173 | 4 | 1 | 178 | 2.2 | |
Forest Bank(107) | 348 | 10 | – | – | 358 | 2.8 |
Foston Hall | 180 | 7 | 187 | 3.7 | ||
Frankland | 734 | 13 | 46 | 793 | 1.6 | |
Full Sutton | 694 | 3 | 79 | 8 | 784 | 0.4 |
Garth | 361 | 10 | 43 | 1 | 415 | 2.4 |
Gartree | 225 | 7 | 30 | 262 | 2.7 | |
Glen Parva | 448 | 25 | 34 | 507 | 4.9 | |
Gloucester | 197 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 227 | 1.8 |
Grendon | 259 | 16 | 21 | 296 | 5.4 | |
Guys Marsh | 193 | 9 | 61 | 263 | 3.4 | |
Haslar | 88 | 3 | 2 | 93 | 3.2 | |
Hatfield | 56 | 3 | 17 | 76 | 3.9 | |
Haverigg | 202 | 3 | 89 | 294 | 1.0 | |
Hewell Grange | 67 | 15 | 1 | 83 | 0.0 | |
Highdown | 450 | 53 | 27 | 2 | 532 | 10.0 |
Highpoint | 363 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 372 | 1.9 |
Highpoint North | 131 | 7 | 138 | 5.1 | ||
Hindley | 392 | 10 | 54 | 456 | 2.2 | |
Hollesley Bay | 303 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 344 | 2.9 |
Holloway | 245 | 134 | 81 | 6 | 466 | 28.8 |
Holme House | 464 | 4 | 28 | 496 | 0.8 | |
Hull | 413 | 10 | 46 | 2 | 471 | 2.1 |
Huntercombe | 232 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 255 | 5.9 |
Kingston | 111 | 3 | 25 | 139 | 2.2 | |
Kirkham | 242 | 5 | 1 | 248 | 0.0 | |
Kirklevington | 88 | 1 | 5 | 94 | 1.1 | |
Lancaster | 149 | 3 | 8 | 160 | 1.9 | |
Lancaster Farms | 97 | 3 | 255 | 355 | 0.8 | |
Latchmere House | 74 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 83 | 6.0 |
Leeds | 659 | 23 | 5 | 687 | 3.3 | |
Leicester | 221 | 14 | 7 | 242 | 5.8 | |
Lewes | 262 | 11 | 13 | 286 | 3.8 | |
Leyhill | 182 | 3 | 5 | 190 | 1.6 | |
Lincoln | 327 | 5 | 28 | 360 | 1.4 | |
Lindholme | 358 | 4 | 63 | 425 | 0.9 | |
Littlehey | 268 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 289 | 3.8 |
Liverpool | 756 | 10 | 9 | 775 | 1.3 | |
Long Lartin | 650 | 17 | 1 | 668 | 2.5 | |
Low Newton | 232 | 1 | 233 | 0.4 | ||
Lowdham Grange(107) | 278 | 10 | – | – | 288 | 3.6 |
Maidstone | 256 | 15 | 76 | 347 | 4.3 | |
Manchester | 679 | 20 | 25 | 1 | 725 | 2.8 |
Moorland | 450 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 485 | 2.3 |
Morton Hall | 149 | 7 | 2 | 158 | 4.4 | |
New Hall | 301 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 322 | 0.9 |
North Sea Camp | 91 | 2 | 7 | 100 | 0.0 | |
Northallerton | 140 | 1 | 141 | 0.7 | ||
Norwich | 344 | 6 | 56 | 15 | 421 | 1.4 |
Nottingham | 299 | 14 | 17 | 330 | 4.2 | |
Onley | 385 | 18 | 4 | 407 | 4.4 | |
Parc(107) | 410 | 5 | – | – | 415 | 1.2 |
Parkhurst | 288 | 6 | 27 | 14 | 335 | 1.8 |
Pentonville | 430 | 167 | 6 | 2 | 605 | 27.6 |
Portland | 275 | 6 | 50 | 1 | 332 | 1.8 |
Preston | 347 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 384 | 2.1 |
Ranby | 376 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 401 | 1.7 |
Reading | 155 | 7 | 31 | 193 | 3.6 | |
Risley | 457 | 9 | 54 | 520 | 1.7 | |
Rochester | 278 | 14 | 6 | 298 | 4.7 | |
Rye Hill(107) | 190 | 8 | – | – | 198 | 4.0 |
Send | 116 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 127 | 2.4 |
Shepton Mallet | 137 | 4 | 5 | 146 | 2.7 | |
Shrewsbury | 190 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 204 | 2.0 |
Stafford | 292 | 6 | 21 | 9 | 328 | 1.8 |
Standford Hill | 176 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 204 | 1.5 |
Stocken | 226 | 8 | 34 | 268 | 3.0 | |
Stoke Heath | 396 | 11 | 13 | 420 | 2.6 | |
Styal | 307 | 22 | 2 | 331 | 6.6 | |
Sudbury | 168 | 7 | 13 | 188 | 3.7 | |
Swaleside | 321 | 24 | 46 | 1 | 392 | 6.1 |
Swansea | 228 | 1 | 229 | 0.4 | ||
Swinfen Hall | 205 | 5 | 25 | 235 | 2.1 | |
The Mount | 283 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 312 | 4.5 |
The Verne | 266 | 2 | 17 | 285 | 0.7 | |
Thorn Cross | 213 | 5 | 3 | 221 | 2.3 | |
Usk/Prescoed | 189 | 5 | 5 | 199 | 2.5 | |
Wakefield | 532 | 14 | 95 | 641 | 2.2 | |
Wandsworth | 488 | 105 | 59 | 12 | 664 | 15.8 |
Wayland | 272 | 3 | 35 | 310 | 1.0 | |
Wealstun | 135 | 1 | 171 | 307 | 0.3 | |
The Weare | 181 | 6 | 25 | 212 | 2.8 | |
The Wolds(107) | 158 | 2 | – | – | 160 | 1.5 |
Wellingborough | 257 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 271 | 3.7 |
Werrington | 165 | 2 | 5 | 172 | 1.2 | |
Wetherby | 231 | 8 | 28 | 2 | 269 | 3.0 |
Whatton | 136 | 1 | 6 | 143 | 0.7 | |
Whitemoor | 721 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 774 | 2.6 |
Winchester | 351 | 6 | 21 | 378 | 1.6 | |
Woodhill | 539 | 24 | 52 | 1 | 616 | 3.9 |
Wormwood Scrubs | 422 | 120 | 9 | 551 | 21.8 | |
Wymott | 333 | 11 | 60 | 404 | 2.7 | |
Total Prison Staff | 39,421 | 1,946 | 3,682 | 243 | 45,292 | 4.3 |
Head Quarters | 1,848 | 336 | 227 | 2 | 2,413 | 13.9 |
(104)Refers to staff who have requested that their ethnicity is not recorded.
(105)Refers to staff who have had no ethnicity data collected.
(106)Percentage of all staff including those with no ethnicity data recorded.
(107)Refers to staff employed at private establishments as at the
Yes0 people think so
No0 people think not
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