Question follow-through · 17583
Prisoners: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department holds data on Welsh prisoners by (a) sex, (b) ethnicity, (c) socio-economic background, (d) offence type, (e) sentence type and (f) local authority.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 3 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 5 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 9 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department holds data on Welsh prisoners by (a) sex, (b) ethnicity, (c) socio-economic background, (d) offence type, (e) sentence type and (f) local authority.
5 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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9 Dec 2024
Answer published
HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) cannot identify Welsh prisoners because English, Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish nationalities are not captured separately on the central data system. UK nationals are all recorded as British.HMPPS can provide da...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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