Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 901379
Tabled: 9 September 2026
Answered: 15 September 2026
Named DayQuestion
Kerry McCarthy
Labour — Bristol East
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of children with a parent in prison.
Answer
Jake RichardsIn the year ending October 2024, around 219,000 children were estimated to have a parent in prison in England and Wales. For too long, there has been no systematic mechanism to recognise children with a parent in prison, which is why we are testing how ch...
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