§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) male and (b) female prison inmates are held in vulnerable prisoner units in prisons in England and Wales. [70280]
§ Hilary BennOn 31 May 2002 there were 3,911 male prisoners held in vulnerable prisoner units. There are no vulnerable prisoner units in the female estate. The female estate does not have any dedicated units specifically for vulnerable prisoners as they are managed within the general female population. There are some beds reserved for women who are vulnerable from the nature of their offence but these are only in very small numbers and not in designated units.