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Written question asked by Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru) on Tuesday, 24 June 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 June 2025 (named day). It was answered by Nicholas Dakin (Labour) on Monday, 30 June 2025 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Prisoners: Care Leavers

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will list the number of care experienced prisoners with home addresses in Wales that were in prison in (a) Wales and (b) England by the local authority of their home address in each of the last five years.

Answer

We are committed to addressing the disproportionate number of care-experienced prisoners in England and Wales, both by improving support for people with care experience while in the criminal justice system, and by working with colleagues across government to reduce the number of people with care experience who enter the criminal justice system.

Whilst we are working to improve data, our records are primarily based on children and adults self-reporting care experience and there are many reasons why people may choose not to disclose this information. We are therefore unable to provide reliable figures to answer these questions.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
62217
Session
2024-26
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Prisoners Wales Care leavers
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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