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Prisoners: Religion

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 29 April 2025UIN 46074

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many religious conversions of prisoners have taken place in 2024-25; and to which religions.

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin

While we collate details of religious affiliation recorded when prisoners enter custody, in order to establish the number of conversions, we would need to undertake a search of individual records, and this could not be done without incurring disproportionate cost.

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