Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people segregated in prison in England and Wales have protected characteristics in each of the last three years for which data are available.

Prisoners may be segregated as a last resort and for the shortest time necessary for reasons of good order and discipline or for their own protection. While segregated, prisoners are subject to a number of mandatory safeguards designed to ensure their safety and well being. Prisoners will be returned to normal location as soon as it is safe to do so.

Figures recording the number of prisoners with protected characteristics who have been placed in segregation are not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost by collating the information from records held locally at each prison.