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30/01/2014

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Ministry of Justice

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Tooting

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Sadiq Khan

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02/04/2014

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The value of fines imposed, collected, cancelled and outstanding for the periods from April 2011 onwards are set out below.<table><tbody><tr><td>Period</td><td>Value of fines imposed</td><td>Value of fine collected in the same period they were imposed</td><td>Value of fines cancelled in the same period they were imposed</td><td>Value of fines imposed outstanding at the end of the period</td></tr><tr><td>April 2011 to December 2011</td><td>£170,962,169</td><td>£54,843,753</td><td>£12,470,347</td><td>£103,648,069</td></tr><tr><td>January 2012 to December 2012</td><td>£273,944,704</td><td>£70,032,092</td><td>£17,470,412</td><td>£186,442,200</td></tr><tr><td>January 2013 to September 2013 (latest published period)</td><td>£210,561,372</td><td>£44,541,677</td><td>£11,548,807</td><td>£154,470,888</td></tr></tbody></table> The values above only refer to fines and not any other elements of financial impositions such as prosecutor costs, compensation and victim surcharge. Where financial impositions are paid by instalments the fine element is the last part to be paid off after compensation, victim surcharge and prosecutor costs. The values cancelled can relate to legal or administrative cancellations. The value outstanding will include amounts remaining on accounts that are being paid by instalments or were not due for payment by the end of the period specified. It is not possible to provide data in this format for any period prior to April 2011 as new performance management information was introduced at that time. It is not possible to identify how much of the amounts imposed in 2011 or 2012 remained outstanding by the end of September 2013 (latest published data period) as data is only available for 18 months after the date imposed – after that it is not possible to extract the amount outstanding for a specific period from the total balance outstanding. HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) takes the issue of financial penalty enforcement very seriously and is working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority nationwide. HMCTS actively pursues all outstanding impositions until certain they cannot be collected. Collection reached an all time high at the end of 2012/13 and collection has continued to rise in this financial year. At the end of September 2013 total collection (all imposition types excluding confiscation orders) was higher than the same point in the previous year and the outstanding balance had reduced since the start of the financial year. On average over the last 12 month 69% of accounts have been either closed or are compliant with payment terms by 12 months after imposition. HMCTS are actively seeking an external provider for the future delivery of compliance and enforcement services. This will bring the necessary investment and innovation to significantly improve the collection of criminal financial penalties and reduce the cost of the service to the taxpayer.

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North West Cambridgeshire

answering member printed

Mr Shailesh Vara

question first answered

02/04/2014 12:00:00

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1496

	label	Biography information for Shailesh Vara

tabling member

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

36155

registered interest

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30/01/2014

answering body

Ministry of Justice

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answering dept short name

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house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many confiscation orders (a) were issued and (b) went uncollected in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Sadiq Khan

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186101

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is ministerial correction

date of answer

02/04/2014

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The value of confiscation orders imposed and the amounts outstanding for those orders, both with and without interest, as at 30 January 2014, for the calendar years from 2010 onwards, are set out in the Table A below. The volume of orders imposed and those that remain outstanding is in Table BTable A<table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Value of Confiscation Orders Imposed</td><td>Order Balance Remaining to Collect Excluding InterestAs at 30/01/2014</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>£276,143,735</td><td>£167,176,784</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>£187,128,205</td><td>£73,910,472</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>£271,998,720</td><td>£162,286,156</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>£245,728,131</td><td>£176,875,895</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>£980,998,791</td><td>£580,249,307</td></tr></tbody></table> Table B<table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Volume of Confiscation Orders Imposed</td><td>Volume of Orders with an Order Balance Remaining to Collect Excluding InterestAs at 30/01/2014</td><td>Total Volume of Orders to Collect Including InterestAs at 30/01/2014</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>6,214</td><td>915</td><td>2,289</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>6,286</td><td>1,065</td><td>2,342</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>6,458</td><td>1,386</td><td>2,399</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>6,139</td><td>2,500</td><td>3,141</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>25,097</td><td>5,866</td><td>10,171</td></tr></tbody></table> Confiscation orders are one of the key mechanisms available to the Government to deprive criminals of the proceeds of their crimes. The value of the order imposed, which is often very high, is based on the criminal benefit attributed to the crime and may, therefore, exceed the value of realisable assets that are known to the Court at the time of imposition. Crucially, an outstanding order stops the criminal benefitting from the proceeds of crime and ensures that, if the assets are discovered in the future, they can be seized. HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and other enforcement agencies take the issue of recovering criminal assets very seriously and are working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority nationwide. Although, as the Enforcement Authority, HMCTS owns the debt, it is not always the lead enforcement agency. HMCTS tends to lead on the high volume, low value orders. Prosecution agencies, including the CPS and the Serious Fraud Office, lead on enforcement where they have put Restraint Orders on the defendant's property to protect the asset, or where the professional expertise of an Enforcement Receiver will be required to enforce the confiscation order. All outstanding amounts are actively pursued using a range of enforcement tools open to us. A confiscation order is a life time order and only amounts up to £50 can be written off. Default sentences of up to 10 years in prison are activated for non payment. Serving the default sentence does not cancel the debt and we will continue to pursue the amount owed. Interest is added to the order balance outstanding at the rate of 8% per annum. The fact that interest accrues at such a high rate and amounts over £50 cannot be written off, contribute to the increasing level of debt. At the end of December 2013, the total amount outstanding was £1.47 billion, of which £372 million was interest alone. At the end of December 2013, including interest £24 million is owed by defendants who are deceased and a further £86 million is owed by defendants who have been deported. Even for those that are deported we still try to actively pursue the defendants assets held abroad, but we rely on the cooperation of overseas enforcement agencies, which is often not forthcoming. The Agencies responsible for enforcement are building better relationships with overseas authorities and engage specialist forensic teams to track down hidden assets. The amount defendants repaid from their criminal activity across all agencies reached an all time high during 2012/13, with a total of £133.1 million recovered. That represented a 7% increase on the £124.1 million recovered during 2011/12. The total amount recovered has increased for the last four consecutive years and once again we are on course to have another record breaking year this financial year. For the 2013/14 financial year, at the end of December 2013, £102.8 million had been recovered, which is an increase of 2% on the £100.5 million that was collected up to December 2012. Since 2008/09, when £98.8 Million was recovered, the amount collected from criminals has increased by 35%. HMCTS is seeking a commercial partner to help increase collections, reduce enforcement costs and importantly, ensure more criminals pay. A new national system has been implemented to manage the collection of fixed penalty notices, with all of the Police Forces having transferred to the new platform by June 2013.The continuing improvement the Agencies are making combined with our future plans will ensure that more criminals pay and that taxpayers get better value for money.

answering member constituency

North West Cambridgeshire

answering member printed

Mr Shailesh Vara

grouped question UIN

185720

question first answered

02/04/2014 12:00:00

answering member

1496

	label	Biography information for Shailesh Vara

tabling member

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

36157

registered interest

date

30/01/2014

answering body

Ministry of Justice

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answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fines have been (a) issued by courts and (b) collected in 2013-14 to date.

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Sadiq Khan

uin

185878

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

02/04/2014

answer text

For the financial year to date, 1st April 2013 to 30th September 2013 (latest published data) 614,693 financial imposition accounts were opened. Of those accounts opened in that period, 182,183 accounts were closed. A further 199,623 accounts were compliant with their payment terms. Financial impositions include fines imposed in the Magistrates and Crown courts, costs orders, compensation orders, victim surcharge orders and unpaid fixed penalty notices and penalty notices for disorder which are registered as fines for enforcement. The numbers of accounts closed is the position as at the end of September 2013 and those accounts outstanding could now have been closed or collected.. Accounts that are closed are accounts with a zero balance which could have been by payment or administrative or legal cancellation. HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) takes the issue of financial penalty enforcement very seriously and is working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority nationwide. HMCTS actively pursues all outstanding impositions until certain they cannot be collected. Collection reached an all time high at the end of 2012/13 and collection has continued to rise in this financial year. At the end of September 2013 total collection (all imposition types excluding confiscation orders) was higher than the same point in the previous year and the outstanding balance had reduced since the start of the financial year. On average over the last 12 month 69% of accounts have been either closed or are compliant with payment terms by 12 months after imposition. HMCTS are actively seeking an external provider for the future delivery of compliance and enforcement services. This will bring the necessary investment and innovation to significantly improve the collection of criminal financial penalties and reduce the cost of the service to the taxpayer.

answering member constituency

North West Cambridgeshire

answering member printed

Mr Shailesh Vara

question first answered

02/04/2014 12:00:00

answering member

1496

	label	Biography information for Shailesh Vara

tabling member

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

36327

registered interest

date

31/01/2014

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value was of fines that were (a) issued and (b) uncollected in each of the last four years.

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Sadiq Khan

uin

186157

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

02/04/2014

answer text

The value of fines imposed, collected, cancelled and outstanding for the periods from April 2011 onwards are set out below. <table><tbody><tr><td>Period</td><td>Value of fines imposed</td><td>Value of fine collected in the same period they were imposed</td><td>Value of fines cancelled in the same period they were imposed</td><td>Value of fines imposed outstanding at the end of the period</td></tr><tr><td>April 2011 to December 2011</td><td>£170,962,169</td><td>£54,843,753</td><td>£12,470,347</td><td>£103,648,069</td></tr><tr><td>January 2012 to December 2012</td><td>£273,944,704</td><td>£70,032,092</td><td>£17,470,412</td><td>£186,442,200</td></tr><tr><td>January 2013 to September 2013 (latest published period)</td><td>£210,561,372</td><td>£44,541,677</td><td>£11,548,807</td><td>£154,470,888</td></tr></tbody></table> The values above only refer to fines and not any other elements of financial impositions such as prosecutor costs, compensation and victim surcharge. Where financial impositions are paid by instalments the fine element is the last part to be paid off after compensation, victim surcharge and prosecutor costs. The values cancelled can relate to legal or administrative cancellations. The value outstanding will include amounts remaining on accounts that are being paid by instalments or were not due for payment by the end of the period specified. It is not possible to provide data in this format for any period prior to April 2011 as new performance management information was introduced at that time. It is not possible to identify how much of the amounts imposed in 2011 or 2012 remained outstanding by the end of September 2013 (latest published data period) as data is only available for 18 months after the date imposed – after that it is not possible to extract the amount outstanding for a specific period from the total balance outstanding. HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) takes the issue of financial penalty enforcement very seriously and is working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority nationwide. HMCTS actively pursues all outstanding impositions until certain they cannot be collected. Collection reached an all time high at the end of 2012/13 and collection has continued to rise in this financial year. At the end of September 2013 total collection (all imposition types excluding confiscation orders) was higher than the same point in the previous year and the outstanding balance had reduced since the start of the financial year. On average over the last 12 month 69% of accounts have been either closed or are compliant with payment terms by 12 months after imposition. HMCTS are actively seeking an external provider for the future delivery of compliance and enforcement services. This will bring the necessary investment and innovation to significantly improve the collection of criminal financial penalties and reduce the cost of the service to the taxpayer.

answering member constituency

North West Cambridgeshire

answering member printed

Mr Shailesh Vara

question first answered

02/04/2014 12:00:00

answering member

1496

	label	Biography information for Shailesh Vara

tabling member

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

36328

registered interest

date

31/01/2014

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value is of outstanding fines that were written off in each of the last four years.

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Sadiq Khan

uin

186159

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

02/04/2014

answer text

The amounts of financial impositions administratively cancelled and legally cancelled in each year since 2009-10 are set out in the table below <table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Legally Cancelled</td><td>Administratively Cancelled</td></tr><tr><td>2009/10</td><td>£58,277,772</td><td>£47,398,379</td></tr><tr><td>2010/11</td><td>£62,263,874</td><td>£50,712,367</td></tr><tr><td>2011/12</td><td>£63,957,203</td><td>£63,135,442</td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td>£62,594,601</td><td>£75,868,426</td></tr></tbody></table> The number of financial impositions administratively cancelled and legally cancelled in each year since 2011/12 are set out in the table below. Data on the number of financial impositions cancelled is not available prior to 2011/12. <table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Legally Cancelled</td><td>Administratively Cancelled</td></tr><tr><td>2011/12</td><td>161,455</td><td>226,955</td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td>165,195</td><td>269,486</td></tr></tbody></table>It is not possible to identify the amounts or numbers written off for just the fine element. The amounts above therefore include all elements of financial penalties (excluding confiscation orders): fines, costs, compensation and victim surcharge. The amounts cancelled in a particular year can relate to impositions from that year or any previous year. Financial penalties are only administratively cancelled after all attempts to collect the amount outstanding have been made, and in accordance with strict cancellation criteria. These penalties can be written back on to the system if more information is found – for instance, a new address for the offender. Legal cancellations can be applied after the case has been reconsidered by a Judge or Magistrate. Typically, legal cancellations are used where a case has been re-opened and the defendant has been found not guilty, following the presentation of additional information. Legal cancellations can be full or partial remittances of financial penalties. HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has carried out a fundamental review of financial penalty accounts, actively targeting accounts to achieve compliance at the earliest point, as well as tackling old accounts, and administratively cancelling them where there is no realistic chance of collection because they do not have enough information to trace the debtors. This explains the increase in the value of administrative cancellations seen in the figures. This enabled HMCTS to focus resources on increasing collections on accounts which can be enforced, resulting in the record high level of collection in 2012/13. HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) takes the issue of financial penalty enforcement very seriously and is working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority nationwide. HMCTS actively pursues all outstanding impositions until certain they cannot be collected. Collection reached an all time high at the end of 2012/13 and collection has continued to rise in this financial year. At the end of September 2013 total collection (all imposition types excluding confiscation orders) was higher than the same point in the previous year and the outstanding balance had reduced since the start of the financial year. On average over the last 12 month 69% of accounts have been either closed or are compliant with payment terms by 12 months after imposition. HMCTS are actively seeking an external provider for the future delivery of compliance and enforcement services. This will bring the necessary investment and innovation to significantly improve the collection of criminal financial penalties and reduce the cost of the service to the taxpayer.

answering member constituency

North West Cambridgeshire

answering member printed

Mr Shailesh Vara

grouped question UIN

186160

question first answered

02/04/2014 12:00:00

answering member

1496

	label	Biography information for Shailesh Vara

tabling member

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

36329

registered interest

date

31/01/2014

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many outstanding fines were written off in each of the last four years.

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Sadiq Khan

uin

186160

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

02/04/2014

answer text

answering member constituency

North West Cambridgeshire

answering member printed

Mr Shailesh Vara

grouped question UIN

186159

question first answered

02/04/2014 12:00:00

answering member

1496

	label	Biography information for Shailesh Vara

tabling member

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

36331

registered interest

date

31/01/2014

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many outstanding fines remained uncollected on 31 December in each of the last four years.

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Sadiq Khan

uin

186162

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

02/04/2014

answer text

Data on the total number of financial imposition accounts outstanding has only been available since November 2012 so it is not possible to say how many accounts remained outstanding at the end of December for each of the last four years. The available data is set out below. <table><tbody><tr><td>Date</td><td>Total number of financial imposition accounts outstanding</td></tr><tr><td>December 2012</td><td>1,548,516</td></tr><tr><td>September 2013 (latest published period)</td><td>1,371,089</td></tr></tbody></table> The numbers above relate to accounts which include fines, prosecutor costs, compensation and victim surcharge. The number of outstanding accounts include those which are being paid by instalments or are not yet due for payment. HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) takes the issue of financial penalty enforcement very seriously and is working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority nationwide. HMCTS actively pursues all outstanding impositions until certain they cannot be collected. Collection reached an all time high at the end of 2012/13 and collection has continued to rise in this financial year. At the end of September 2013 total value of collection (all imposition types excluding confiscation orders) was higher than the same point in the previous year and the outstanding balance had reduced since the start of the financial year. On average over the last 12 month 69% of accounts have been either closed or are compliant with payment terms by 12 months after imposition. HMCTS are actively seeking an external provider for the future delivery of compliance and enforcement services. This will bring the necessary investment and innovation to significantly improve the collection of criminal financial penalties and reduce the cost of the service to the taxpayer.

answering member constituency

North West Cambridgeshire

answering member printed

Mr Shailesh Vara

question first answered

02/04/2014 12:00:00

answering member

1496

	label	Biography information for Shailesh Vara

tabling member

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

39032

registered interest

date

13/02/2014

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many instances of breaches by offenders released on licence there were in each year since 2002.

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Sadiq Khan

uin

188583

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

07/04/2014

answer text

For offenders the period of post-release supervision on licence forms an integral part of a sentence imposed by the court. The overriding priority is to protect the public from harm and prevent re-offending. The recall of offenders on licence is designed to protect the public by removing an offender from the community who, by breaching his licence conditions, is considered to present an increased risk of re-offending and where the Probation Service recommends that this is the most effective response to the increased risk, in order to protect the public. Behaviour that can result in recall includes: the commission of further offences or charges being laid; behaviour which indicates that further offending is imminent; or breaches of licence conditions which undermine the Probation Service's ability to provide effective supervision, such as not living at the address stipulated on the licence or failing to attend probation appointments. Once recalled, it is the responsibility of the police to apprehend offenders, although all agencies closely co-operate to ensure that they are swiftly returned to custody. Data on those offenders who had committed minor breaches of licence, were warned, and not recalled to prison are not collected centrally. Those offenders whose breach of licence has resulted in a recall to prison are published quarterly in the Ministry of Justice's Offender Management Statistics Quarterly Bulletin. This may be found at the following web address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly</a> The most recent bulletin was published on 30 January 2014, covering all offenders who were recalled to custody since 1 January 1984 and who remained unlawfully at large as at 31 December 2013. Therefore, the total number who remained unlawfully at large as at 31 December 2013 includes some offenders who were recalled before 2001/02. In over 99 per cent of cases where an offender has been recalled, the individual has successfully been returned to custody. Where an offender has died we are unable to remove them from the list until we receive a death certificate. The data covering the years since 2001/02 are shown in the table below. <table><tbody><tr><td>Financial year</td><td>Number of recalls</td><td>Prisoners who remain unlawfully at large</td></tr><tr><td>2001/02</td><td>5,086</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>2002/03</td><td>8,406</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>2003/04</td><td>11,268</td><td>55</td></tr><tr><td>2004/05</td><td>11,171</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><td>2005/06</td><td>11,450</td><td>73</td></tr><tr><td>2006/07</td><td>13,411</td><td>60</td></tr><tr><td>2007/08</td><td>13,252</td><td>65</td></tr><tr><td>2008/09</td><td>13,467</td><td>76</td></tr><tr><td>2009/10</td><td>15,004</td><td>89</td></tr><tr><td>2010/11</td><td>15,631</td><td>79</td></tr><tr><td>2011/12</td><td>16,591</td><td>118</td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td>16,307</td><td>127</td></tr><tr><td>Apr-September 2013</td><td>8,847</td><td>146</td></tr></tbody></table> Data on the number of releases on temporary release licence (ROTL) since 1995-6, and temporary release failures since 2004-5 are published in the NOMS Prison Performance Digest. This may be found at the following web address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225234/prison-performance-digest-12-13.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225234/prison-performance-digest-12-13.xls</a> The most recent data were published on 25 July 2013. Data on ROTL and recorded temporary release failures are shown in the table below. <table><tbody><tr><td>Financial year</td><td>Release on temporary licence</td><td>Recorded temporary release failures</td></tr><tr><td>2001/02</td><td>273,569</td><td>293</td></tr><tr><td>2002/03</td><td>294,112</td><td>312</td></tr><tr><td>2003/04</td><td>342,742</td><td>395</td></tr><tr><td>2004/05</td><td>397,969</td><td>366</td></tr><tr><td>2005/06</td><td>407,199</td><td>360</td></tr><tr><td>2006/07</td><td>409,139</td><td>306</td></tr><tr><td>2007/08</td><td>434,728</td><td>248</td></tr><tr><td>2008/09</td><td>431,351</td><td>277</td></tr><tr><td>2009/10</td><td>419,016</td><td>274</td></tr><tr><td>2010/11</td><td>431,178</td><td>281</td></tr><tr><td>2011/12</td><td>488,158</td><td>404</td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td>518,862</td><td>431</td></tr></tbody></table> Not all temporary release failures are recorded on central administrative systems. Those that are not recorded centrally are more likely to be low-level failures including, for example, returning with unauthorised possessions. These failures are managed locally. Where failures are recorded, the central administrative system only allows for one reason to be recorded; where it is a failure to return this takes priority. The number of prisoners unlawfully at large (UAL) having failed to return from release on temporary licence for each financial year since 2004/05 is shown in the table below. <table><tbody><tr><td>Financial year</td><td>Number of prisoners who remain UAL following failure to return from ROTL</td></tr><tr><td>2004/05</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>2005/06</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>2006/07</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>2007/08</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>2008/09</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>2009/10</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>2010/11</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>2011/12</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td>7</td></tr></tbody></table> To provide the number of temporary release failures where the prisoner has failed to return and remains unlawfully at large prior to this date would require the manual interrogation of 1,000 temporary release records which could be done only at disproportionate cost. These figures have all been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.

answering member constituency

Kenilworth and Southam

answering member printed

Jeremy Wright

grouped question UIN

188584

question first answered

07/04/2014 12:00:00

answering member

1560

	label	Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright

tabling member

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

39033

registered interest

date

13/02/2014

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many instances of offenders remaining at large after (a) recall and (b) temporary release there were in each year since 2002.

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Sadiq Khan

uin

188584

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

07/04/2014

answer text

answering member constituency

Kenilworth and Southam

answering member printed

Jeremy Wright

grouped question UIN

188583

question first answered

07/04/2014 12:00:00

answering member

1560

	label	Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright

tabling member

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

41013

registered interest

date

03/03/2014

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in each category of prisoner who have absconded from prisons since May 2010 remain at large.

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Sadiq Khan

uin

190263

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

01/04/2014

answer text

Releases in error are taken very seriously and action has been taken to tighten processes and focus managers' attention in this area. Releases in error are infrequent and all incidents are subject to investigation.The majority of prisoners released in error are returned to custody quickly. In the 12 months to September 2013 there were 46 releases in error from prison, which equated to 0.06% of all discharges from prison. This compares to 68 in 2009-10. The table below shows the number of prisoners who have not subsequently returned to custody following a release in error from prison between May 2010 and September 2013 and broken down by the security category recorded on the National Offender Management Information System. This information is accurate as of 4 March 2014. Table 1 Number of prisoners not subsequently returned to custody following release in error from prison between May 2010 and September 2013, by category <table><tbody><tr><td>Category</td><td>Number</td></tr><tr><td>Category C</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Female (Closed)</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Uncategorised</td><td>8</td></tr></tbody></table> It is important to note that not all prisoners released in error will be unlawfully at large and subject to recall. For example, they may be unconvicted prisoners released in error whose cases have been concluded since their release without a custodial sentence. These figures have been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. The number of releases in error may change should further incidents be reported. The number of absconds has come down sharply from a level of 947 in 2002-3 to 204 in 2012-13. Table 2 provides a breakdown of the number of absconds, by month between May 2010 and March 2013. Table 3 shows the number of absconders still unlawfully at large, by category, having absconded between May 2010 and March 2013. It is not possible to provide details of absconds by category of prisoner. The category of prisoner at time of release in error is not recorded in incident reports and live data shows details of the current security category only; it has therefore only been possible to provide the category of those who are currently unlawfully at large (table 3). Prisoners held in immigration removal centres are not subject to security categorisation. Over 97% of prisoners who abscond are re-captured and returned to custody. On re-capture the prisoner will be returned to a closed prison and referred to the police for consideration for prosecution for having been unlawfully at large. Table 2 Number of absconds between May 2010 and March 2013, by month <table><tbody><tr><td>Month</td><td>Number of absconds</td></tr><tr><td>May 10</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>June 10</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>July 10</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td>August 10</td><td>25</td></tr><tr><td>September 10</td><td>28</td></tr><tr><td>October 10</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td>November 10</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>December 10</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>January 11</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>February 11</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>March 11</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>April 11</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>May 11</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>June 11</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>July 11</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>August 11</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td>September 11</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>October 11</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>November 11</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>December 11</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td>January 12</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>February 12</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>March 12</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>April 12</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>May 12</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>June 12</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td>July 12</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>August 12</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>September 12</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>October 12</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>November 12</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>December 12</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>January 13</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>February 13</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>March 13</td><td>15</td></tr></tbody></table> Table 3 Number of prisoners unlawfully at large following abscond between May 2010 and March 2013, by category <table><tbody><tr><td>Category</td><td>Number</td></tr><tr><td>D</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>Not categorised</td><td>2</td></tr></tbody></table> These figures have been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Escapes from transit include escapes from Prison Service and Contractor Escorts. The majority of escorts take place without incident and escapes whilst in transit are rare; there have been 10 since May 2010. This should be seen in relation to the 871,802 prisoners handled by the escort service in 2012-13 alone. Table 4 shows the number of escapes in transit, in each month between May 2010 and March 2013. All these prisoners have subsequently been recaptured. Table 4 Month and category of prisoners who escaped in transit between May 2010 and March 2013 <table><tbody><tr><td>Month</td><td>Category</td></tr><tr><td>May 10</td><td>Uncategorised</td></tr><tr><td>May 11</td><td>Cat B</td></tr><tr><td>July 11</td><td>Uncategorised</td></tr><tr><td>July 11</td><td>Uncategorised</td></tr><tr><td>August 11</td><td>Uncategorised</td></tr><tr><td>December 11</td><td>Uncategorised</td></tr><tr><td>January 12</td><td>Uncategorised</td></tr><tr><td>January 12</td><td>Potential Category A</td></tr><tr><td>October 12</td><td>Uncategorised</td></tr><tr><td>November12</td><td>Uncategorised</td></tr></tbody></table> The number of both escapes and absconds have reduced significantly in recent years. Figures for the number of escapes and absconds since 1995 are provided in the Prison Digest contained in the Prison and Probation Trusts Performance Statistics. This can be found at<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225234/prison-performance-digest-12-13.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225234/prison-performance-digest-12-13.xls</a>

answering member constituency

Kenilworth and Southam

answering member printed

Jeremy Wright

grouped question UIN

190140
190287
190288

question first answered

01/04/2014 12:00:00

answering member

1560

	label	Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright

tabling member

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan