Written question asked by Peter Lloyd (Conservative) on Wednesday, 19 April 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 3 May 2000. It was answered by Lord Boateng (Labour) on Wednesday, 3 May 2000 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what efforts are made to inform women received into prisons that they may apply for a place in a mother and baby unit if they already have a baby. - Including ref to The Management of Mother and Baby Units and the Application Process and All About Mother and Baby Units.

Answer: Sir Peter Lloyd: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what efforts are made to inform women received into prisons that they may apply for a place in a mother and baby unit if they already have a baby. [120621] Mr. Boateng: The Prison Service Order on "The Management of Mother and Baby Units and the Application Process", which was published in February, requires all women's prisons to appoint a named liaison officer to be responsible for ensuring that all women, sentenced or unsentenced, who are pregnant or have a child under eighteen months are identified and informed of the arrangements for applying for a place on a mother and baby unit. All women's prisons now have a named liaison officer. A new prisoner information booklet "All About Mother and Baby Units" was published and widely distributed to all women's prisons in March. Any eligible woman prisoner who expresses an interest in applying for a place for her child must be provided with the booklet which contains the standard application form.

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