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1007484

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Childbirth
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many female prisoners gave birth in custody in each of the last five years; and, of those, how many did so in cells.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL11487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The information is not centrally held and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, all pregnant women in custody have an individual care and management plan that is communicated to all staff and all pregnant women are seen by a mid-wife at least fortnightly or as required.</p><p>Healthcare in prisons is provided by trained medics and nurses, but we have also made training on dealing with pregnant women available to all prison officers.</p><p>We know it is extremely rare for a woman to give birth in prison - because every step is taken to get them to hospital - but those unique cases are invariably down to the unpredictability of labour.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 28/11/2018 13:55:32 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1010611

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Childbirth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners gave birth in prison without a midwife present in the last year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
	uin	193395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The information is not centrally held and could obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, all pregnant women in custody have an individual care and management plan that is communicated to all staff and all pregnant women are seen by a mid-wife at least fortnightly or as required. Healthcare in prisons is provided by trained medics and nurses, but we have also made training on dealing with pregnant women available to all prison officers.</p><p> </p><p>We know it is extremely rare for a woman to give birth in prison - because every step is taken to get them to hospital - but those unique cases are invariably down to the unpredictability of labour.</p><p> </p><p>Our new Female Offenders Strategy made clear that we want fewer women serving short sentences in custody and more remaining in the community, making use of women’s centres to address needs such as substance misuse and mental health problems.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/11/2018 13:51:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1007151

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Childbirth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women have given birth in prison in each year since 2015; and what proportion of those women had an appropriately trained medical professional present at the birth.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	191472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The information is not centrally held and could obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, all pregnant women in custody have an individual care and management plan that is communicated to all staff and all pregnant women are seen by a mid-wife at least fortnightly or as required.</p><p>Healthcare in prisons is provided by trained medics and nurses, but we have also made training on dealing with pregnant women available to all prison officers.</p><p>We know it is extremely rare for a woman to give birth in prison - because every step is taken to get them to hospital - but those unique cases are invariably down to the unpredictability of labour.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/11/2018 16:18:17 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 85803 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1007819

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Childbirth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the article in the Guardian of 13 November 2018 entitled Female prisoners in England left to give birth without midwife, what steps he is taking to ensure midwifery care is provided to perinatal women in custody.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	191915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>All pregnant women in custody have an individual care and management plan that is communicated to all staff and all pregnant women are seen by a mid-wife at least fortnightly or as required. Healthcare in prisons is provided by trained medics and nurses, but we have also made training on dealing with pregnant women available to all prison officers and new guidance will make clear that pregnant women should have access to 24-hour midwifery advice.</p><p> </p><p>We know it is extremely rare for a woman to give birth in prison - because every step is taken to get them to hospital - but those unique cases are invariably down to the unpredictability of labour.</p><p> </p><p>Our new Female Offenders Strategy made clear that we want fewer women serving short sentences in custody and more remaining in the community, making use of women’s centres to address needs such as substance misuse and mental health problems.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/11/2018 13:05:42 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

890425

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Childbirth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the procedure is for recording (a) births and (b) stillbirths in women's prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	137614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>It is a requirement for mothers (or fathers) to register births (and still births) within 42 days and prison staff will arrange for registrars to come into the establishment to do this where necessary.</p><p>While there is no requirement for prisons to keep a central record of women who give birth (or suffer a still birth) whilst in prison, the issues pertinent to prisoners, their management and care will be noted on their individual case record. This will include details of whether the woman is pregnant and the outcome of that pregnancy, should it occur whilst they are in custody.</p><p>We currently do not record the number of women who give birth in prisons centrally but consideration will be given on recording this information locally on prison systems.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 02/05/2018 16:07:08 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

862220

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Childbirth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children were born to women in custody in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
	tabling member printed	Ms Marie Rimmer
	uin	132639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 19/03/2018 16:13:22 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

846125

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Childbirth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2018 to Question 125711, on Prisoners: Childbirth, whether his Department plans to record the number of women who give birth in prison.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	128822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>We currently do not record the number of women who give birth in prisons centrally but consideration will be given on recording this information locally on prison systems.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 13/03/2018 10:58:41 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

846119

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Childbirth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what procedures are in place for permissions to be granted for a prisoner to attend the birth of their child.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	128817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>We fully understand the importance of maintaining family relationships and facilitate this wherever possible. The Prison Rules allow for the temporary release of a prisoner for compelling compassionate reasons.</p><p> </p><p>Release on temporary licence is subject to stringent risk assessment, and will be authorised only where the governor is satisfied that release will not put the public at risk and the prisoner will abide by all of the conditions attached to the licence. If a prisoner is eligible for release on temporary licence, this could include instances of attending the birth of their child.</p><p> </p><p>Where the prisoner is not assessed as suitable for temporary release, attendance at the birth will not be possible. This is because this could only be safely managed with a secure escort and it would not be appropriate for escorting officers to accompany the prisoner into the delivery room.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 26/02/2018 17:47:27 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

846123

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Childbirth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2018 to Question 125711, on Prisoners: Childbirth, for what reasons the number of women who give birth in prison in 2017 was not recorded.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	128820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>Births in prison are recorded locally. It is not practicable for all information held locally to be collected centrally as a matter of routine: information is collected centrally normally when there is a recurring need for it to be immediately available for management purposes. We will consider whether notifications of births should be added to the list of information we collect centrally.</p><p>Determining how many women in prison gave birth in 2017 would require examination of all female prisoner’s records. This would have to be done manually. We estimated the cost as in excess of £10,000.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 128821 question first answered 26/02/2018 17:29:13 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

846124

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Childbirth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2018 to Question 125711, on Prisoners: Childbirth, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of determining how many women in prison gave birth in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	128821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>Births in prison are recorded locally. It is not practicable for all information held locally to be collected centrally as a matter of routine: information is collected centrally normally when there is a recurring need for it to be immediately available for management purposes. We will consider whether notifications of births should be added to the list of information we collect centrally.</p><p>Determining how many women in prison gave birth in 2017 would require examination of all female prisoner’s records. This would have to be done manually. We estimated the cost as in excess of £10,000.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 128820 question first answered 26/02/2018 17:29:13 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon