Prisons: Mother and Baby Units
Commons · Question 66573 · Tabled 10 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Carolyn Harris
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.
Answer
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 17 Jul 2025
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-...