Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) men and (b) women were released on Childcare resettlement licence in the latest year for which information is available.

Data on release on Childcare Resettlement Licence (CRL) is published regularly in the Offender Management Statistics:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018

Table A3.7 of Prison Releases: 2018 shows that there were 32 incidences of release on CRL for men and 322 incidences of release on CRL for women. This is the number of releases rather than the number of individuals released, which is not available by type of release on temporary licence (ROTL).

CRL is a form of ROTL which allows primary carers of children under 18 to be released to help maintain the relationship with their children. As with any ROTL there is a stringent risk assessment and the release must be in the child’s best interests. The higher incidence of release on CRL for women reflects the fact that primary carers of children are more likely to be women.