United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 66573
Prisons: Mother and Baby Units
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10 July 2025
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17 July 2025 · Answer
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17 July 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many babies and children under the age of two are (a) in Mother and Baby Units in prisons in England and (b) have been in Mother and Baby Units in prisons in England in the last twelve months.
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10 July 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many babies and children under the age of two are (a) in Mother and Baby Units in prisons in England and (b) have been in Mother and Baby Units in prisons in England in the last twelve months.
Source: Commons
17 July 2025
Answer
Data on the number of babies accommodated in Mother and Baby Units (MBUs) in England is published at Table 10.1 of the HMPPS Annual Digest 2023-2024:https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmpps-annual-digest-april-2023-to-march-2024/hmpps-annual-digest-...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-07-10/66573
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1821811
- uk · wq-1821811 · source updated 17 July 2025