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Written question asked by Carolyn Harris (Labour) on Tuesday, 12 December 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 December 2017. It was answered by Phillip Lee (Conservative) on Wednesday, 20 December 2017 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Prisons: Mother and Baby Units

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women in prison have been refused a place in a mother and baby unit in each of the last five years.

Answer

The table below details the number of applications that were made for a place on a prison mother and baby unit in the last five financial years, together with the number of applications approved and refused.

Table: Mother & Baby Units (MBU) Management Information, by year 2010/11 to 2016/171

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

Number of applications received for admission to MBU

215

210

197

144

119

Number of applications approved by a board2

114

80

74

69

61

Number of applications refused by a board2

33

28

32

41

16

(1) Figures are management information drawn from administrative data systems. They are provisional figures and subject to change following final quality assurance. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.

(2) Not all applications to MBUs will be approved or refused, many will not proceed for other reasons. Applications may not be assessed in the month in which they are received.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
118912
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Women Prisoners Prisons Mother and baby units
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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