§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if women received into(a) Holloway and (b) Brock Hill prisons are advised that they may apply for a place in a mother and baby unit. [15671]
§ Beverley HughesA process is in place to enable all women, sentenced or unsentenced, who are pregnant or have a child aged under 18 months to make an informed choice about applying for a place in a mother and baby unit.
Governors in all women's prisons must ensure that the reception process identifies all eligible women and provides them with the prisoners' handbook "All About Mother and Baby Units".
Governors in all women's prisons must appoint a named liaison officer who is responsible for providing the woman with any information she requires as well as assisting her with the application process.
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§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women who already had babies and were sentenced or remanded to(a) Holloway and (b) Brock Hill prisons applied for a place in a mother and baby unit. [15670]
§ Beverley HughesThe information requested is not available centrally. Computer systems have recently been installed in each of the four mother and baby units and these will record that sort of information and transmit it to a central point. The staff concerned are being trained in its use and some inputting of new cases has begun.