(2) Including persons committed in default of payment of a fine.
(3) Data within the table are taken from the Ministry of Justice Statistical bulletin Offender Management Caseload Statistics, 2007. Tables 7.3 refer.
Data Sources and Quality
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.
Table A. Population in prison establishments (1) sex and ethnic group, 28 February 2003-30 June 2007
2003(2)
February
Males
Females
Total
67,937
4,349
White
51,427
3005
Black
10850
1.101
South Asian
2.316
36
Chinese & Other
3266
206
Unrecorded
78
1
2004 June
2005 June
2006 June
2007 June
Males
Females
Males
Females
Males
Females
Males
Females
Total
70,036
4,452
71,676
4,514
73,519
4,463
75,451
4,283
White
48.275
3,007
53,608
3,217
53,972
3,165
55,238
3,012
Mixed
1,657
202
1,934
223
2.108
191
2,250
192
Asian or Asian British
3,756
80
4,459
104
5,010
107
5,172
116
Black or Black British
9,234
809
10,294
875
10,922
883
11,186
830
Chinese or Other ethnic group
636
56
790
73
873
81
1,040
113
Not stated
215
8
246
10
288
21
268
12
Unrecorded
79
2
39
3
61
0
55
1
1991 Census ethnic codes
6,184
287
305
9
284
15
242
(1) Excludes police cells.
(2) Prior to 2004 the 1991 census ethnic codes were used. The Census 2001 categories replaced the 9+1 categories of the 1991 census with 16+1 categories. Because of these changes comparisons between the two classifications should not be made.
(3) Data within the tables are taken from the Ministry of Justice Statistical bulletin Offender Management Caseload Statistics. Tables 8.4 for 2005 and 7.21 for 2007 refer.
Data Sources and Quality
These figures have been drawnfrom administrative IT systems, which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
Table B: Population in prison establishments (1) by religion (2), June 2003-June 2007
Number of persons
2003 June
2004
June 2005
June 2006
June 2007
Total
73,657
74,488
76,190
77,982
79,734
All Christian
42,463
41,438
41.154
40,827
41,406
Anglican
26,055
24,885
24,168
23,590
23,353
Free Church
1,418
1,299
1,258
1,193
1,224
Roman Catholic
12,750
12,984
13,304
13,340
13,912
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Other Christian
2.239
2.270
2,424
2,703
2,918
Buddhist
947
1.133
1,237
1.432
1,609
Hindu
339
342
370
368
357
Jewish
184
181
197
187
231
Muslim
6,136
6,571
7,246
8,243
8,864
Sikh
490
498
543
579
608
Other religious groups
207
282
304
397
419
Non recognised
296
324
309
350
337
No religion
22,584
23,709
24,826
25,598
25.900
Not recorded
13
10
3
2
4
(1) Excludes police cells.
(2) Figures are recorded by the Prison Service on the Local Inmate Database (LIDS).
(3) Data taken from Table 7.25 of the Ministry of Justice Statistical bulletin Offender Management Caseload Statistics, 2007.
Data Sources and Quality
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.
