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<p>Our most comprehensive prison population data suggests that, over the course of
a year, approximately 200,000 children may be affected by a parent being in, or going
to, prison. However, this is based on survey data from 2009 and we recognise the need
for a more up to date picture.</p><p>The Prison Strategy White paper detailed our
intention to work with other government departments to commission updated research
to improve our collective understanding of the overall number of children affected
by parental incarceration.</p><p>The Government is delivering on its white paper commitment
to improve our data and evidence in this area through the Better Outcomes through
Linked Data (BOLD) Programme. BOLD is a £19.7 million cross government Shared Outcomes
Fund programme which is linking data to enable better evidenced and more join up across
government services. Through BOLD, we are exploring data sharing and data linking
to improve our understanding of the number of children with parents in prison – including
data that does not rely on self-disclosure. We expect findings from the project to
be published by the end of Spring 2024.</p>
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