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18/11/2014

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Ministry of Justice

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Justice

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Justice

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Prisoners' Release

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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2014 to Questions 208711 and 208714, for what reason there were releases in error where the offence is listed as Unknown in Table 1.

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Shipley

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Philip Davies

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214959

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13/01/2015

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Releases in error are infrequent events with errors occurring in less than 1 in a 1000 releases. They are all taken seriously and each case is subject to investigation with follow up-action taken to tighten processes. The following table shows the reason for release in error for those incidents listed in table 1 of the answer of 21 October 2014 where the prisoner has an offence type of “unknown”. <table><tbody><tr><td>REASON</td><td>2009/10</td><td>2010/11</td><td>2011/12</td><td>2012/13</td><td>2013/14</td></tr><tr><td>BAIL CONDITION NOT APPLIED</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>CALCULATION ERROR</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>ERROR AT COURT</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>FAIL TO APPEAR WARRANT OVERLOOKED</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>IDENTITY ISSUE</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>MISFILED WARRANT</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>RECALL ISSUE</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>RELEASE CONDITION NOT MET</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>REMAND ISSUE</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>UNCLEAR</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>UNRESOLVED IMMIGRATION ISSUES</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>5</td></tr></tbody></table> The following table shows the specific offences that are included in the category “Other” for each year in table 1 of the answer of 21 October 2014. Year Original offence of prisoner released in error.2009/10 AWAITING EXTRADITION2009/10 FAIL TO SURRENDER2009/10 VIOLENT DISORDER2009/10 BREACH SOPO2009/10 CRIMINAL DAMAGE2009/10 OTHER2009/10 HOLDING WARRANT2009/10 NON PAYMENT OF COUNCIL TAX2010/11 FINE2010/11 POSSESSION OFFENSIVE WEAPON2010/11 OFFENSIVE COMMUNICATION2010/11 FAIL TO SURRENDER2010/11 ARSON2010/11 FAIL TO SURRENDER2010/11 IMMIGRATION DETAINEE2010/11 AFFRAY2010/11 MALICIOUS CALLS2010/11 DAMAGE2010/11 BREACH BAIL2010/11 BREACH RESTRAINING ORDER2010/11 FTA2010/11 FAIL TO SURRENDER2011/12 EXCESS ALC2011/12 BREACH CSO2011/12 ENTERING INTO ILLEGAL CONTRACT2011/12 USING THREATENING ABUSIVE ETC2011/12 POSS OFFENSIVE WEAPON2011/12 BREACH CSO2011/12 BREACH ORDER2011/12 FAIL TO SURRENDER2011/12 BREACH SUSPENDED SENTENCE2011/12 BREACH LICENCE2011/12 POSS OFFENSIVE WEAPON2011/12 BREACH MOLESTATION ORDER2011/12 FAIL TO SURRENDER2011/12 HOLDING WARRANT2012/13 CHILD CRUELTY2012/13 POSSESSION OF PROHIBITED FIREARM2012/13 DESTROY/DAMAGE PROPERTY2012/13 OFFENSIVE WEAPON2012/13 SHOPLIFTING COMMON ASSAULT2012/13 BREACH OF SUPERVISION ORDER2013/14 IMMIGRATION DETAINEE2013/14 POSSESSION OFFENSIVE WEAPON2013/14 MONEY LAUNDERING2013/14 FINES2013/14 CRIMINAL DAMAGE2013/14 BREACH RESTRAINING ORDER2013/14 ABSCOND2013/14 CRIMINAL DAMAGE2013/14 DEATH BY CARELESS DRIVING2013/14 DETAINEE2013/14 BREACH OF BAIL CONDITIONS2013/14 THREATENING TO KILL The following table shows the number of offenders not returned to custody as of 20 November 2014 by offence type for those releases in error shown in table 1 of the answer of 21 October 2014. <table><tbody><tr><td>Offence Type</td><td>Number not returned to custody (as of 20 October 2014)</td></tr><tr><td>Burglary</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Other Offences</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Not known/not recorded</td><td>4</td></tr></tbody></table> For the 7 offenders remaining at large as of 20th November 2014, the table below shows how much of each such offender's sentence was left to serve. <table><tbody><tr><td>Offender </td><td>Period left to serve of custodial period</td></tr><tr><td>HMP Manchester</td><td>No time left to serve of custodial period – released from IS91**</td></tr><tr><td>HMP Durham</td><td>9 days remaining to serve</td></tr><tr><td>HMP Norwich</td><td>No time left to serve of custodial period – released from IS91**</td></tr><tr><td>HMP Dorchester</td><td>No time left to serve of custodial period – released from IS91**</td></tr><tr><td>HMP Elmley</td><td>7 days remaining to serve</td></tr><tr><td>HMP Hull</td><td>3 days remaining to serve</td></tr><tr><td>HMP Cardiff</td><td>1 day remaining to serve</td></tr></tbody></table> **IS91 is an Immigration Detention Warrant to detain a person of interest and is served at the end of the custodial period; once the IS91 is served the person becomes a Detainee. The two cases of release in error listed as “outstanding absconders” in Table 3 of the answer of 21 October 2014 have both been returned to custody.

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South West Bedfordshire

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Andrew Selous

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13/01/2015 14:32:38

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label	Biography information for Sir Philip Davies