You asked
I am interested in obtaining an ethnicity and country of origin breakdown of the UK Prison population, those with custodial sentences, for the years 2008 and 2014 (or the most recent available please).
On examining the ONS data I have not been able to establish, for instance, White British Male, Asian British Male, French Male.
We said
Thank you for your request. I can confirm that this information is not held by the Office for National Statistics. The Ministry of Justice are responsible for producing prison statistics.
The general contact email address is: statistics.enquiries@justice.gsi.gov.uk