§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what percentage of women imprisoned in 1986 were mothers whose children were in local authority care before their trial and conviction; and what percentage of these women were single mothers;
(2) what percentage of women prisoners in 1986 were mothers with children under school leaving age; and what percentage of those children. while their mothers were in custody (a) continued living in the same family situation and (b) moved into local authority care;
(3) how many (a) men and (b) women prisoners presently have children requiring to be taken into care.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information requested is not available.
Details of child care arrangements may be volunteered by the inmate or may be obtained for social work or other purposes in individual cases. Such details, however, are not routinely collected or centrally recorded in respect of those admitted to penal establishments in Scotland.