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178599

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2015 to Question 214939, for each of the 13 offenders who had escaped or absconded from prison more than once (a) which offences led to the offender receiving the original prison sentence, (b) what length of sentence each was serving at the time of the escape or abscond, (c) what the offender's previous criminal history was, (d) what offences were committed by the offender following the escape or abscond from prison before their return to custody and (e) what additional prison sentence was given for each escape or abscond.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	223893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Last year, we took decisive action to protect the public by changing the policy by which prisoners may be transferred to open conditions. Absconds and escapes have reached record lows under this Government, but we take each incident seriously. As a result of a comprehensive review, we made major changes to tighten the eligibility for open prisons. Prisoners may no longer be transferred to open conditions or allowed out on temporary release if they have previously absconded, escaped, attempted to escape, or if they have failed to return or have re-offended whilst released on temporary licence, unless there are exceptional circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>I cannot provide an answer to the question in the form requested, as the information could lead to identification of the individuals concerned. However, I can provide the following general information with regards to the 13 prisoners concerned.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>a) Absconders and Escapees in 2013/14 who had previously escaped or absconded from prison more than once, by offence group of main offence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence Group</p></td><td><p>Number of offenders</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>b) Absconders and Escapees in 2013/14 who had previously escaped or absconded from prison more than once, by sentence type</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sentence Type</p></td><td><p>Number of offenders</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Determinate sentence</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indeterminate Sentence for Public Protection</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Life</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>c) The thirteen individuals had between 3 and 145 previous offences on their criminal record, averaging 35 offences. The thirteen individuals concerned were formally convicted for their offences; in the case of some of the thirteen, multiple offences are reflected in one conviction.</p><p> </p><p>d) and e) Three of the individuals committed five further offences between them following their abscond/escape. Two individuals committed three burglary offences between them, resulting in further sentences of 4 months and 30 months respectively. The third individual committed two robberies following his escape, resulting in a sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) with a 30 month tariff. In addition, all but two of the 13 individuals received concurrent further sentences for the offences of abscond/escape, ranging from 4 months to 9 months.</p><p> </p><p>These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 17/03/2015 11:21:18 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

156400

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners escaped from custody whilst on special purpose licence in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	214962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>An answer to this question cannot be provided except at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 25/11/2014 17:58:29 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

156410

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners who escaped or absconded from prison in the last year for which figures are available had previously escaped or absconded from prison.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	214939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In March, we announced a package of measures to ensure that the public was properly protected. Absconds and escapes have reached record lows under this Government, but we take each incident seriously. As a result of a comprehensive review, we have made major changes to tighten the eligibility for open prisons. Prisoners may no longer be transferred to open conditions or allowed out on temporary release if they have previously absconded, escaped, attempted to escape, or if they have failed to return or have re-offended whilst released on temporary licence, unless there are exceptional circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The change in policy for eligibility for open conditions was not applied retrospectively: the majority of these offenders who were already in open conditions were allowed to remain. However, any prisoners who were assessed to present an unacceptable risk in such conditions in light of their previous non-compliance were returned to closed prisons.</p><p> </p><p>Progression to open prison is never automatic. All prisoners undergo regular, mandatory assessment of their risk of escape or abscond and risk of harm to the public. Only those who are assessed as having an acceptable level of risk for conditions of lower security can be allocated to open prison.</p><p> </p><p>As at 31 March 2014, there were no prisoners held in open prisons who had absconded or escaped on more than one occasion between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2014.</p><p> </p><p>There were 13 prisoners who, in the year ending 31 March 2014, either escaped or absconded from prison, having previously done so between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Data on escapes and absconds, prior to 1 April 2010 could not be obtained except at disproportionate cost due to changes in recording practice.</p><p> </p><p>As part of business as usual, open prisons return prisoners to closed conditions where they judge that they can no longer be managed safely in open conditions. Figures for this ongoing process are not included here.</p><p> </p><p>These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 03/02/2015 10:01:35 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

101970

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisoners have been on the run since April 2004; what offence each such prisoner had committed; how long each prisoner's sentence was; and how long each prisoner had served before absconding.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	212585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>I have already committed to writing to the Honourable Member on this issue in a previous question and will do so shortly, once final checks with police and victim groups have been completed.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 06/11/2014 16:25:51 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

100907

registered interest
date	24/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the longest time is that any prisoner has been on the run in the last 30 years; for what offence that prisoner was sentenced; what the length of that sentence was; and how long that prisoner had served before absconding.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	211884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>Detailed records of offenders who are unlawfully at large have only been maintained since April 2004. It is not possible therefore to provide details of any prisoner who has been unlawfully at large before this period or to specify the longest period of absence.</p><p> </p><p>The number of escapes, absconds and temporary release failures has fallen over the last two decades. When a prisoner becomes unlawfully at large he or she is immediately reported to police to locate and apprehend. Unlawfully at large prisoners are often recaptured and returned to custody quickly, and over 97% of prisoners who absconded between April 2004 and March 2014 have been returned to custody. Absconds are taken very seriously. Re-captured prisoners will be returned to a more secure closed prison and will face either a criminal prosecution or an internal adjudication in prison in front of a visiting judge. In either case they can receive additional time in prison.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 29/10/2014 17:52:50 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

76450

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of absconds from prison by an individual offender has been in the last 20 years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	204457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>To identify how many prisoners have absconded on more than one occasion in the last twenty years, or the highest number of absconds by an individual, would require a manual examination of the prison record of every prisoner who had absconded in this time frame. This could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of improved risk assessment procedures the number of prisoners absconding from open prisons has reduced significantly over the last 10 years. There were 225 absconds in 2013-14 compared to 1,301 in 2003-04.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 204502 question first answered 01/09/2014 10:46:21 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

76452

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have absconded from prison on more than one occasion in each of the last 20 years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	204502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>To identify how many prisoners have absconded on more than one occasion in the last twenty years, or the highest number of absconds by an individual, would require a manual examination of the prison record of every prisoner who had absconded in this time frame. This could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of improved risk assessment procedures the number of prisoners absconding from open prisons has reduced significantly over the last 10 years. There were 225 absconds in 2013-14 compared to 1,301 in 2003-04.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 204457 question first answered 01/09/2014 10:46:21 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

64359

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of police hunts for all prisoners who have absconded or escaped from prisons in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	202787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 02/07/2014 14:16:30 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

64386

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the names are of all prisoners who have absconded from prison and currently not been returned; and if he will specify in each such case (a) the offence each absconder originally committed and (b) the length of custodial sentence they were serving when they absconded.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	202782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>I apologise for the delay in replying. The table below provides details of index offence and length of sentence of those absconders who are unlawfully at large having absconded between April 2004 and March 2014 (the most recent period that statistics are available). Information prior to April 2004 could only be collated by performing manual checks across different databases and could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>In order to disclose the names of absconders who are unlawfully at large, it is necessary to make appropriate checks to ensure that disclosure will not jeopardise ongoing Police operations to recapture the offender, will not place any one else in danger and to ensure that any victim has been informed of both the abscond and release of the name. These checks are still on-going and I will write shortly as soon as the information has been prepared.</p><p> </p><p>The number of absconds has reduced by 80% over the last 10 years.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table1: Index offence and sentence length of absconders unlawfully at large from April 2004 to March 2014, as at 30 September 2014</strong></p><table><thead><tr><td><p>OFFENCE</p></td><td><p>SENTENCE</p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>SUPPLYING DRUGS</p></td><td><p>3 YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOING EQUIPPED TO CHEAT</p></td><td><p>2YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOING EQUIPPED TO CHEAT</p></td><td><p>2YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSSESS DRUGS WITH INTENT</p></td><td><p>6YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AGGRAVATED BURGLARY</p></td><td><p>4YRS 6MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FALSE INSTRUMENTS</p></td><td><p>6MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BURGLARY</p></td><td><p>18MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DEATH BY RECKLESS DRIVING</p></td><td><p>4YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IMPORT/EXPORT DRUG</p></td><td><p>19YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT THEFT</p></td><td><p>3YRS 6MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IMPORT/EXPORT DRUG</p></td><td><p>9YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THEFT</p></td><td><p>8MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD</p></td><td><p>7YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IMPORT/EXPORT DRUG</p></td><td><p>12YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IMPORT/EXPORT DRUG</p></td><td><p>7YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSSESS FIREARM WITH INTENT</p></td><td><p>78MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IMPORT/EXPORT DRUG</p></td><td><p>12YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSSESS OFFENSIVE WEAPON</p></td><td><p>23MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BLACKMAIL</p></td><td><p>3YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSSESS DRUGS WITH INTENT</p></td><td><p>3YRS 6MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IMPORT/EXPORT DRUG</p></td><td><p>10YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CUSTOMS EVASION (DRUGS RELATED)</p></td><td><p>7YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FINES</p></td><td><p>6MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DECEPTION</p></td><td><p>30MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IMPORT/EXPORT DRUG</p></td><td><p>5YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CUSTOMS EVASION (DRUGS RELATED)</p></td><td><p>8YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ASSISTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS</p></td><td><p>54MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DECEPTION</p></td><td><p>9MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TRESPASS WITH INTENT</p></td><td><p>15MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT THEFT</p></td><td><p>3YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THEFT</p></td><td><p>15MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT THEFT</p></td><td><p>2YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DECEPTION</p></td><td><p>26MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSSESS OFFENSIVE WEAPON</p></td><td><p>5YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ASSISTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS</p></td><td><p>6YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DECEPTION</p></td><td><p>12MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CONSPIRACY TO SUPPLY DRUGS</p></td><td><p>6YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSSESS DRUGS WITH INTENT</p></td><td><p>6YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FALSE INSTRUMENTS</p></td><td><p>12MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MANSLAUGHTER</p></td><td><p>5YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THEFT</p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CONSPIRACY TO IMPORT DRUGS</p></td><td><p>8YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ROBBERY</p></td><td><p>LIFE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FALSE INSTRUMENTS</p></td><td><p>18MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DECEPTION</p></td><td><p>30MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THEFT</p></td><td><p>4YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CONTEMPT OF COURT</p></td><td><p>15MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BURGLARY</p></td><td><p>6MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SUPPLYING DRUGS</p></td><td><p>42MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GBH</p></td><td><p>2YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FRAUD</p></td><td><p>5YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FRAUD</p></td><td><p>DETAINEE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CONSPIRACY TO SUPPLY DRUG</p></td><td><p>40MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSSESS FIREARM WITH INTENT</p></td><td><p>LIFE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BURGLARY</p></td><td><p>112DAYS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSSESS DRUGS WITH INTENT</p></td><td><p>7YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOING EQUIPPED TO STEAL</p></td><td><p>6MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THEFT</p></td><td><p>2YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EXCESS ALCOHOL</p></td><td><p>112DAYS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD</p></td><td><p>6YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ROBBERY</p></td><td><p>ISPP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSSESS DRUGS WITH INTENT</p></td><td><p>3YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ROBBERY</p></td><td><p>6Y</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CONPIRACY TO COMMIT BURGLARY</p></td><td><p>3 YRS 3 MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSSESS FIREARM WITH INTENT</p></td><td><p>LIFE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BURGLARY</p></td><td><p>3YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ARSON</p></td><td><p>ISPP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAPE</p></td><td><p>LIFE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ROBBERY</p></td><td><p>9YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WOUNDING WITH INTENT</p></td><td><p>6YRS 8MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ROBBERY</p></td><td><p>3YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GBH</p></td><td><p>8YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ROBBERY</p></td><td><p>ISPP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BURGLARY</p></td><td><p>32MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BURGLARY</p></td><td><p>2Y 6MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSSESSION OF A FIREARM WITH INTENT</p></td><td><p>ISPP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT BURGLARY</p></td><td><p>64MTHS</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Note: Table shows absconds of prisoners and excludes absconds of immigration detainees from NOMS operated establishments and those operated as Immigration Removal Centres by NOMS under contract to the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p><em>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. </em></p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/10/2014 13:34:50 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies