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Written Question
Foston Hall Prison: Pregnancy
Friday 23rd April 2021

Asked by: Heather Wheeler (Conservative - South Derbyshire)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women were known to be pregnant while on remand or serving a sentence in HMP Foston Hall in each quarter from 31 March 2015 to 30 September 2020 (a) in total and (b) by ethnicity.

Answered by Alex Chalk - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice

HMPPS does not collect or hold centrally, quality assured data in the form requested.

However, as part of our fundamental review of policy relating to pregnancy, Mother and Baby Units and women experiencing separation from children up to two in prison, we have committed to providing national pregnancy data in the future. We expect to complete this review this summer. Further information on the review, including our findings and resulting reforms regarding data collection, can be found in our summary report published in July 2020: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/905559/summary-report-of-review-of-policy-on-mbu.pdf


Written Question
Prisoners: Rehabilitation
Tuesday 23rd June 2015

Asked by: Heather Wheeler (Conservative - South Derbyshire)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to increase the effectiveness of rehabilitation of female prisoners.

Answered by Caroline Dinenage

Maintaining family links, education and promoting aspiration are essential to helping female offenders turn their lives around. The women’s custodial estate has been reconfigured so that women offenders can be held as close as possible to their homes, with access to the right interventions and opportunities for meaningful resettlement.

In addition, Community Rehabilitation Companies are providing embedded resettlement services, which are required to be tailored to the specific needs of women.