Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of pregnant prisoners are on remand.

Increased data collection is one of a range of reforms we have implemented following our recent policy review and introduction of a new policy framework in September 2021. We now publish data on pregnancies in prisons annually, in the HMPPS Annual Digest here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1047456/Ch_11_MBU_FINAL.ods.

The latest data was published 29 July 2021 and covers the period July 2020-March 2021. This includes women sentenced and remanded to custody, and women in all risk categories.