HC Deb 09 July 1986 vol 101 cc180-1W
Mr. Dubs

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many babies were received into prison accompanying their mothers in the last year for which figures are available.

Mr. Mellor

Eighteen in the year ending 30 June 1986. Twenty four babies joined their mothers in prison at a later stage and 59 babies returned with their mothers to prison after being born in an outside hospital. One baby was born in Holloway.

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