§ Ms CorstonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women prisoners have given birth while serving prison sentences in prisons other than Holloway for the last three years for which figures are available. [11775]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Ms Jean Corston, dated 27 January 1997:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of women prisoners who have given birth while serving prison sentences in prisons other than Holloway.Information collected about births to prisoners does not distinguish between sentenced and unsentenced women. The figures 9W for births to women in prisons other than Holloway are set out in the table below:
Total births to prisoners in prisons and NHS hospitals (excluding Holloway) Year Total live births Total delivery-prison Total delivery-hospital 1993–94 31 1 30 1994–95 32 0 32 1995–96 32 0 32