Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 60390

Prisoners: Autism

Tabled: 16 June 2025
Answered: 20 June 2025

Question

Jayne Kirkham

Labour (Co-op)Truro and Falmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in prison convicted under joint enterprise law have autism.

Answer

Alex Davies-Jones
The Ministry of Justice does not collect centrally information on whether a person in prison has autism, or whether their conviction related to joint enterprise.