Prisoners: Childbirth

(asked on 5th June 2019) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many babies were born to mothers in prison in each of the last five years.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 14th June 2019

The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Information relating to births and pregnancy is recorded locally. Work is currently underway to look at what information related to pregnancy and birth can be collected centrally.

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