Bishop of Gloucester asks about family relationships of female prisoners and implementation of the Farmer Review

The Bishop of Gloucester received the following written answer on 12th July 2023:

The Lord Bishop of Gloucester asked  His Majesty’s Government how many of the 33 recommendations contained in The Farmer Review for Women, published in June 2019, have been implemented.

Lord Bellamy (Con): Since the publication of the Farmer Review for Women, we have implemented 27 out of 33 recommendations. We have embedded the importance of family ties and supportive relationships into delivery of the Female Offender Strategy and will continue to monitor this through the Female Offender Strategy Delivery Plan.

On 31 January 2023 we published a progress update on the implementation of Lord Farmer’s Review for Women’s recommendations: farmer-review-women-progress-update.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab).

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