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<p>Offenders who escape or abscond are an extremely small proportion of the almost
86,000 offenders in the prison system at the moment. The number of escapes from custody
has been falling since 1995 when central records began, despite an increasing prison
population. Absconds have reached record lows under this Government, falling by more
than 80 per cent in the last 10 years, but we have not been complacent and have made
major changes to tighten the system.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the offence
details of 17 offenders who remain unlawfully at large having escaped or absconded
between 1 June 2010 and 31 March 2014. The offence is that recorded at the time of
the escape. The table does not includes escapes from escorts conducted under the Prison
Escort and Custody Services contract where the prisoner had not previously been received
into NOMS’ custody and absconds from NOMS’ run immigration removal centres.</p><p>
</p><p><strong>Table 1: Offence details of offenders who escaped or absconded between
1 June 2010 and 31 March 2014 and who remain unlawfully at large: </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Offence</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arson</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conspire
to defraud</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drink Driving</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Possession
of a firearm</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Possession of drugs</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rape</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wounding
with intent</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total UAL</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Figures for the number of escapes since 1995 are provided in the Prison Digest
contained in the Prison and Probation Trusts Performance Statistics. This can be found
at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314</a></p><p>
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