Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many women received a custodial sentence of (1) less than one month, (2) between one month and two months, (3) between two months and three months (4) between three months and four months, and (5) between four months and six months in each of the last two years in England and Wales; and how many of each had served their sentence on remand.

Answered by Lord Lemos - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on defendant outcomes by remand status and sex at criminal courts in England and Wales in the Remands data tool. They can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal Justice Statistics.

The attached table provides details of how many female defendants were remanded into custody and how many were subsequently not sentenced or given a community sentence in each of the last two years in England and Wales.

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on custodial sentence lengths by sex at criminal courts in England and Wales in the Outcomes by Offences data tool. They can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal Justice Statistics.

The requested information on female custodial sentence lengths in England and Wales is provided in the attached table. However, published sentencing statistics do not record the length of time a person spent on remand in prison, or whether any subsequent custodial sentence was served while the individual was on remand.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many women were remanded in prison in each of the past two years, and how many of these were subsequently (1) not sentenced, and (2) received a community sentence.

Answered by Lord Lemos - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on defendant outcomes by remand status and sex at criminal courts in England and Wales in the Remands data tool. They can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal Justice Statistics.

The attached table provides details of how many female defendants were remanded into custody and how many were subsequently not sentenced or given a community sentence in each of the last two years in England and Wales.

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on custodial sentence lengths by sex at criminal courts in England and Wales in the Outcomes by Offences data tool. They can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal Justice Statistics.

The requested information on female custodial sentence lengths in England and Wales is provided in the attached table. However, published sentencing statistics do not record the length of time a person spent on remand in prison, or whether any subsequent custodial sentence was served while the individual was on remand.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) adults, and (2) children were sectioned under the Mental Health Act in England in each of the last two years.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The following table shows the number of detentions under the Mental Health Act in England, which may include repeat detentions of the same individual:

Source: NHS England’s 20245/25 Mental Health Act Statistics.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) sentenced prisoners, and (2) remand prisoners, have been diagnosed with a (a) mental health condition, and (b) neurodivergent condition.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The information is not held in the format requested.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish an integrated workforce plan for health and social care.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

On 29 July, the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care set out the Government’s plans to fix the social care system, so that it gives people dignity, security and support when they need it most. This includes integrating the social care workforce with the National Health Service workforce, creating routes for progression, better pay, training and job security.

We will provide an update on the 10 Year Workforce Plan in due course.

Found: COMMITTEE Minutes of the 11th Meeting, held at 11:00am on Wednesday 9 September 2026 Present: Lord Bradley

Found: Meeting, held at 11:00am on Wednesday 2 September 2026 Present: Lord Barber of Chittlehampton Lord Bradley

The Inquiry will be looking into a broad range of issues regarding children’s social care, including the changing demand for care and local authority funding, the supply of residential placements and the impact of market management measures within the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act. Additionally, the inquiry will seek evidence on fostering, workforce, and regulations, and finally the outcomes for care-experienced children.