United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 66574
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 mothers in prison (a) are currently separated from their children under the age of two and (b) have been separated from their babies and children under the age of two in the last 12 months.
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10 July 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mothers in prison (a) are currently separated from their children under the age of two and (b) have been separated from their babies and children under the age of two in the last 12 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/2025-07-10/66574
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1821822
- uk · wq-1821822 · source updated 17 July 2025