| Prison population in England and Wales by recorded religion, 31 March 1999 and 31 March 2000(P) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number of inmates/percentage | ||||||||||||||||
| 1999 Prison Service census | Centrally recorded, Inmate Information System (IIS) data(P) | |||||||||||||||
| 8 Mar 1999 | 31 Mar 1999 | 31 Mar 2000 | ||||||||||||||
| Recorded religion | Number | Percentage (all inmates) |
Percentage (of religious) |
Number | Percentage (all inmates) |
Percentage (of religious) |
Number | Percentage (all inmates) |
Percentage (of religious) |
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| Anglican | 26,919 | (41.7) | (58.5) | 25,741 | (40.1) | (57.4) | 25,486 | (39.1) | (57.4) | |||||||
| of whom: | Anglican(1) | 1,450 | (2.2) | (3.2) | 36 | (0.1) | (0.1) | 41 | (0.1) | (0.1) | ||||||
| Church in Wales | 46 | (0.1) | (0.1) | 21 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 35 | (0.1) | (0.1) | |||||||
| Church of England | 25,407 | (39.3) | (55.2) | 25,667 | (39.9) | (57.2) | 25,393 | (38.9) | (57.2) | |||||||
| Church of Ireland | 14 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 15 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 15 | (0.0) | (0.0) | |||||||
| Episcopalian | 2 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 2 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 2 | (0.0) | (0.0) | |||||||
| Roman Catholic | 11,285 | (17.5) | (24.5) | 11,393 | (17.7) | (25.4) | 11,291 | (17.3) | (25.4) | |||||||
| Free Church | 1,157 | (1.8) | (2.5) | 1,159 | (1.8) | (2.6) | 1,128 | (1.7) | (2.5) | |||||||
| of whom: | Baptist | 152 | (0.2) | (0.3) | 160 | (0.2) | (0.4) | 154 | (0.2) | (0.3) | ||||||
| Celestial Church of God | 17 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 17 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 14 | (0.0) | (0.0) | |||||||
| Church of Scotland | 359 | (0.6) | (0.8) | 381 | (0.6) | (0.8) | 368 | (0.6) | (0.8) | |||||||
| Congregational | 6 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 4 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 6 | (0.0) | (0.0) | |||||||
| Methodist | 331 | (0.5) | (0.7) | 333 | (0.5) | (0.7) | 297 | (0.5) | (0.7) | |||||||
| Non Conformist | 29 | (0.0) | (0.1) | 27 | (0.0) | (0.1) | 36 | (0.1) | (0.1) | |||||||
| Pentecostal | 142 | (0.2) | (0.3) | 136 | (0.2) | (0.3) | 153 | (0.2) | (0.3) | |||||||
| Presbyterian | 30 | (0.0) | (0.1) | 28 | (0.0) | (0.1) | 33 | (0.1) | (0.1) | |||||||
| Quaker | 40 | (0.1) | (0.1) | 31 | (0.0) | (0.1) | 26 | (0.0) | (0.1) | |||||||
| Salvation Army | 34 | (0.1) | (0.1) | 25 | (0.0) | (0.1) | 27 | (0.0) | (0.1) | |||||||
| United Reformed Church | 11 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 7 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 8 | (0.0) | (0.0) | |||||||
| Welsh Independent | 6 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 10 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 6 | (0.0) | (0.0) | |||||||
| Other Christian | 477 | (0.7) | (1.0) | 556 | (0.9) | (1.2) | 626 | (1.0) | (1.4) | |||||||
| of whom: | Calvinist | 5 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 2 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 5 | (0.0) | (0.0) | ||||||
| Coptic | 1 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 1 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 1 | (0.0) | (0.0) | |||||||
| Ethiopian Orthodox | 25 | (0.0) | (0.1) | 21 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 22 | (0.0) | (0.0) | |||||||
| Orthodox (Greek/Russian) | 79 | (0.1) | (0.2) | 89 | (0.1) | (0.2) | 110 | (0.2) | (0.2) | |||||||
| Protestant | 199 | (0.3) | (0.4) | 221 | (0.3) | (0.5) | 188 | (0.3) | (0.4) | |||||||
| Seven Day Adventist | 47 | (0.1) | (0.1) | 38 | (0.1) | (0.1) | 60 | (0.1) | (0.1) | |||||||
| Other Christian religion | 121 | (0.2) | (0.3) | 184 | (0.3) | (0.4) | 240 | (0.4) | (0.5) | |||||||
| Buddhist | 346 | (0.5) | (0.8) | 306 | (0.5) | (0.7) | 284 | (0.4) | (0.6) | |||||||
| Hindu | 243 | (0.4) | (0.5) | 243 | (0.4) | (0.5) | 245 | (0.4) | (0.6) | |||||||
| Jehovah's Witness | 104 | (0.2) | (0.2) | 101 | (0.2) | (0.2) | 97 | (0.1) | (0.2) | |||||||
| Jewish | 198 | (0.3) | (0.4) | 192 | (0.3) | (0.4) | 159 | (0.2) | (0.4) | |||||||
| Mormon | 123 | (0.2) | (0.3) | 109 | (0.2) | (0.2) | 113 | (0.2) | (0.3) | |||||||
| Muslim | 4,355 | (6.7) | (9.5) | 4,314 | (6.7) | (9.6) | 4,284 | (6.6) | (9.6) | |||||||
| Sikh | 456 | (0.7) | (1.0) | 447 | (0.7) | (1.0) | 393 | (0.6) | (0.9) | |||||||
| Other faiths | 215 | (0.3) | (0.5) | 160 | (0.2) | (0.4) | 169 | (0.3) | (0.4) | |||||||
| of whom: | Ba'Hai | 4 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 4 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 1 | (0.0) | (0.0) | ||||||
| Christadelphian | 14 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 17 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 20 | (0.0) | (0.0) | |||||||
| Christian Scientist | 38 | (0.1) | (0.1) | 45 | (0.1) | (0.1) | 56 | (0.1) | (0.1) | |||||||
| Druid | 4 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 4 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 4 | (0.0) | (0.0) | |||||||
| Evangelist | 3 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 6 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 4 | (0.0) | (0.0) | |||||||
| Jain | 3 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 3 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 3 | (0.0) | (0.0) | |||||||
| Pagan | 42 | (0.1) | (0.1) | 50 | (0.1) | (0.1) | 36 | (0.1) | (0.1) | |||||||
| Spiritualist | 19 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 20 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 22 | (0.0) | (0.0) | |||||||
| Taoist | 4 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 4 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 4 | (0.0) | (0.0) | |||||||
| Zoroastrian | 0 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 2 | (0.0) | (0.0) | |||||||
| Other non-Christian religion | 84 | (0.1) | (0.2) | 7 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 17 | (0.0) | (0.0) | |||||||
| Non-permitted religions | 153 | (0.2) | (0.3) | 144 | (0.2) | (0.3) | 151 | (0.2) | (0.3) | |||||||
| of whom: | Black Muslim | 11 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 9 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 9 | (0.0) | (0.0) | ||||||
| Rastafarian | 139 | (0.2) | (0.3) | 132 | (0.2) | (0.3) | 140 | (0.2) | (0.3) | |||||||
| Scientology | 3 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 3 | (0.0) | (0.0) | 2 | (0.0) | (0.0) | |||||||
| No religion | 18,556 | (28.7) | n/a | 19,383 | (30.2) | n/a | 20,823 | (31.9) | n/a | |||||||
| of whom: | Agnostic(2) | 177 | (0.3) | n/a | 79 | (0.1) | n/a | 62 | (0.1) | n/a | ||||||
| Atheist | 132 | (0.2) | n/a | 129 | (0.2) | n/a | 122 | (0.2) | n/a | |||||||
| No religion(3) | 18,247 | (28.3) | n/a | 19,175 | (29.8) | n/a | 20,639 | (31.6) | n/a | |||||||
| Not known | 0 | (0.0) | n/a | 3 | (0.0) | n/a | 7 | (0.0) | n/a | |||||||
| Total | 64,587 | (100.0) | n/a | 64,251 | (100.0) | n/a | 65,256 | (100.0) | n/a | |||||||
| of whom: | with a recorded faith | 46,031 | (71.3) | (100.0) | 44,865 | (69.8) | (100.0) | 44,426 | (68.1) | (100.0) | ||||||
| P = Provisional and unscaled data | ||||||||||||||||
| (1)н Due to a calculation error, the figure for the individual Anglican denomination was adjusted upwards in the Prison Service census in order to compensate for a shortfall between the | ||||||||||||||||
| нннннн establishment returns and the known overall population total for 8 March 1999. This resulted in an over-counting of the Anglican denomination and, to a lesser degree, | ||||||||||||||||
| нннннн the Anglican group as a whole. The 'end March' RDS data has been produced directly from centrally recorded information and should, therefore, be more reliable. | ||||||||||||||||
| (2)н Numerical difference between census data for Agnostics and the equivalent centrally recorded information likely to be due to mis-interpretation of 'No religion' cases. | ||||||||||||||||
| (3)н Shortfall in census 'No religion' cases likely to be a consequence of over-counting of Anglican denomination (see footnote 1). | ||||||||||||||||