Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 17582
Prisoners: Wales
Tabled: 3 December 2024
Answered: 9 December 2024
Question
Tonia Antoniazzi
Labour — Gower
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department holds data on the number of Welsh people in the prison system.
Answer
Sir Nicholas DakinHM 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...
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