Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many pregnant women arrived in the UK via small boats in (1) 2021, (2) 2022, and (3) to date in 2023.

The Home Office ensures that vulnerable small boats arrivals are identified quickly and supported accordingly in line with robust safeguarding processes.

The Home Office has previously established that a total of 77 pregnant women were accommodated at Manston between April and December 2022.

Information about the number of pregnant women that arrived in the UK by small boats in 2021, early 2022, and in 2023 to date is not held in a reportable or readily retrievable format and could also be made available only at a disproportionate cost.