Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 9033

Prisoners: Children

Tabled: 14 October 2024

Answered: 17 October 2024

Named Day

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to ensure that the children of those imprisoned are (a) identified and (b) offered support.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

The Government recently published the first official statistics to estimate the number of children affected by parental imprisonment using administrative government data. It's estimated that between 1 October 2021 and 1 October 2022 there were around 193,...

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