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Prisons

Asked if the Prime Minister thought it was right that prisoners should be able to father children whilst in jail, the PMS said that the journalist was referring to a case in the paper this morning of a man allowed access to artificial insemination whilst in prison and that the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said that it was investigating the circumstances surrounding this case.

The PMS went on to say that there had been a recent FOI request about this issue. It had been possible for prisoners to make these applications for some time and there had been applications in the past. It had been granted on one occasion in recent years which was the case the journalist had been referring to.

Asked if the Justice Secretary had signed off the permission for this particular case, the PMS said that MoJ were making clear the circumstances surrounding the approval of this case.

Asked what the Prime Minister’s view was on this, the PMS said that this was a single case and we would not get into commenting on the specifics when MoJ were looking into it. Clearly the fact that MoJ was investigating this suggested that this may not have been dealt with in the way it should have been.

Asked if the Government was content for prisoners to keep making these applications, the PMS said that it was best to speak to the MoJ about how the system worked.

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