Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) women and (b) men have been placed in prisons for their own protection under the Bail Act 1976 in each of the last three years.

Following a commitment from the Government earlier this year, we are reviewing the use of the power to remand for own protection. This work is ongoing.

There is no centrally held data on the number of adults remanded in custody for their own protection and to obtain this information would exceed permitted costs.

The court’s decision to remand an individual in custody for their own protection is used as a last resort and out of concern for the defendant, where circumstances are such that a defendant would come to harm if released into the community and there is no other suitable option available to the courts.