Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people are currently in prison aged (1) 18 to 24, and (2) 25 to 29, broken down by ethnicity.
The table below shows the numbers of prisoners aged 18 to 24, and 25 to 29, broken down by ethnicity as of 30 September 2021.
Table 1: Number of prisoners, by specific age group and ethnicity, England and Wales as at 30 September 2021
| 18-24 | 25-29 | All age groups |
All ethnicity groups | 11,703 | 13,031 | 78,756 |
Asian or Asian British | 1,260 | 1,188 | 6,435 |
Black or Black British | 2,442 | 2,128 | 10,029 |
Mixed | 976 | 854 | 3,865 |
Other ethnic group | 289 | 262 | 1,208 |
White | 6,617 | 8,498 | 56,573 |
Unrecorded | 87 | 61 | 421 |
Not stated | 32 | 40 | 225 |
Data quality
The figures in this table has been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
Source: Prison NOMIS System, PQ HL3924 (Ministry of Justice; DASD-DES)