Question follow-through · 901379
Prisoners: Parents
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of children with a parent in prison.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of children with a parent in prison.
15 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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15 Sept 2026
Answer published
In the year ending October 2024, around 219,000 children were estimated to have a parent in prison in England and Wales. For too long, there has been no systematic mechanism to recognise children with a parent in prison, which is why we are testing how ch...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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