Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 11 June (HL Deb, cols 1499–1501), how many women prisoners with dependants under 16 years old are in custody as result of their association with men imprisoned under anti-terrorism legislation; and what support, if any, is provided to their families under the Prevent strategy or by any other providers within any other government programmes.

HMPPS do not hold information on which women prisoners are in custody as a result of their association with men imprisoned under anti-terrorism legislation, nor do we hold information regarding the ages of prisoners’ children. We are only obliged to record information about the prisoner, so prisoners are not required to divulge information relating to the age of their children.

The Prevent strategy seeks to safeguard people from becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. Support through programmes under the strategy can be provided to address the vulnerabilities and needs of the person concerned, on a case-by-case basis.