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registered interest
date	12/04/2016
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 serving sentences for (a) murder, (b) attempted murder, (c) rape and (d) attempted rape are currently unlawfully at large having escaped or absconded from prison.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	33614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The number of escapes and absconds are published annually, by financial year, in the Prison Digest:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/494121/prison-performance-digest.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/494121/prison-performance-digest.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Both escapes and absconds from prison have fallen to record lows since 2010. The specific information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 18/04/2016 12:22:04 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

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registered interest
date	21/01/2016
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 offences were committed by (a) escaped or (b) absconded prisoners in each year since 2010; and what those offences were.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	23624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 26/01/2016 13:56:32 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

446879

registered interest
date	21/01/2016
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 prison vans in each year since 2010; how many such prisoners remain on the run; of what offences each such prisoner was convicted; and what length of custodial sentence each such prisoner was given.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	23553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We are committed to consulting fully on our proposals prior to the introduction of any legislation and will announce further details in due course.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">We will adhere to any guidance published by the Cabinet Office in respect of the pre-election periods. We have and will continue to seek to work with the devolved administrations to deliver a modernised and reformed human rights framework for all of the United Kingdom.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">NOMS has implemented a range of measures in recent years to improve the security surrounding prisoners on escort. Between 2010-11 and 2014-15, 23 prisoners escaped from vehicles operated by NOMS or by contractors. All were re-captured. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Overall, the number of escapes from prison escorts almost halved from 102 between 2005-06 and 2009-10, to 59 between 2010-11 and 2014-15.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The tables below provide the details requested for each escape and for each year and provide details on the overall number of escapes from escorts outside of a prison over the last 10 years. </ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2010-11</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011-12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2012-13</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013-14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014-15</ins></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Number of escapes</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p><ins class="ministerial">(1) Of the 23 vehicle related escapes between April 2010 and March 2015, none remain unlawfully at large</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p><ins class="ministerial">(2) Vehicles primarily refer to prison vans used for escorting prisoner but do include other vehicle types. A distinction cannot be made in the data between vehicle types.</ins> <ins class="ministerial">(3) Includes all such escapes regardless of duration.</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Table 2: Escapes from escorts while entering or leaving vehicles or en route to or from venue by sentence length and main offence, 2010/11 to 2014/15</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Financial year</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Sentence length<sup>1</sup></strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Main offence</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2010/11</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Other criminal offence</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Extended Sentence for the Public Protection - 4y</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Wounding with intent</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Indeterminate Sentence for the Public Protection</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Robbery</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Indeterminate Sentence for the Public Protection</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Robbery</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Life</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Possessing firearm with intent to endanger life</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Theft</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4y</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Burglary</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Using disorderly behaviour, or threatening abusive or insulting words likely to cause harassment alarm or distress</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">22y</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Being concerned in offer to supply controlled drug - Class A - Cocaine</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Indeterminate Sentence for the Public Protection</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Wounding with intent</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2012/13</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Burglary</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2012/13</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4y</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Burglary</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Conspiracy to Rob</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Conspiracy to Rob</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2y</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">ABH</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Aggravated burglary</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4y</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Blackmail</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Robbery</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3y</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Burglary</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014/15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Robbery</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014/15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Theft</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014/15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Robbery</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014/15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Burglary</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><ol><li><ins class="ministerial">Information is given on the main offence and the sentence attached to that specific offence. In some cases there are other offences which may have a consecutive or concurrent sentence length.</ins></li></ol></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Table 3 provides information about escapes which have taken place from prison escort and private escort contractors from 2005/06 to 2014/15. The table includes escapes from courts but not those escapes of less than 15 minutes’ duration and covers the full duration of the escort process. </ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Table 3: KPI Escapes<sup>1</sup> from Prison Escort<sup>2</sup> and from Private Escort Contractors (PECS)<sup>3</sup> from 2005/06 to 2014/15</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2005</strong></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><strong>/06</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2006 /07</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2007 /08</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2008</strong></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><strong>/09</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2009</strong></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><strong>/10</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2010</strong></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><strong>/11</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2011</strong></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><strong>/12</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2012</strong></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><strong>/13</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2013</strong></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><strong>/14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2014</strong></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><strong>/15</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">KPI Prison Escorts Escapes</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>8</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>6</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>4</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>3</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>1</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>0</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>1</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">KPI Contracted Out Escort (PECS) Escapes</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>17</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>19</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>16</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>15</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>12</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>10</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>13</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>9</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>9</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>12</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">KPI Category A Escapes during Escort</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>1</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><ins class="ministerial">1) The definition of a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Escape if (i) the prisoner is at liberty for 15 minutes or more before recapture or (ii) a prisoner escapes and is charged with another criminal offence</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><ins class="ministerial">2) Escaping the control of escorting prison service staff.</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><ins class="ministerial">3) Escapes from the secure vehicles or supervision of contracted prison escorts. This includes escapes from court where contracted prison escort staff have been notified</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 26/01/2016 17:57:12 question first ministerially corrected 22/02/2016 13:59:53 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 41289 answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab answering member 4007
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

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registered interest
date	06/01/2016
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 people have been charged with trying to escape from a prison van in each of the last five years; and how many such people have avoided recapture.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	21265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) does not hold data about the number of people charged with trying to escape from vehicles operated by NOMS or by contractors.</p><p>NOMS has implemented a range of measures in recent years to improve the security surrounding prisoners on escort. Between 2010-11 and 2014-15, 23 prisoners escaped from vehicles operated by NOMS or by contractors. All were re-captured.</p><p>Overall, the number of escapes from prison escorts almost halved from 102 between 2005-06 and 2009-10, to 59 between 2010-11 and 2014-15.</p><p>The table below gives the numbers and details of the escapes for each of these years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Escapes from escorts while entering or leaving vehicles<sup>1</sup> or en route to or from venue</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Response</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ENTERING VEHICLE</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LEAVING VEHICLE</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VEHICLE EN ROUTE FROM VENUE</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VEHICLE EN ROUTE TO VENUE</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(1) Vehicles primarily refer to prison vans used for escorting prisoner but do include other vehicle types</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table below provides information about escapes which have taken place from prison escort and private escort contractors from 2005/06 to 2014/15. The table includes escapes from courts but not those escapes of less than 15 minutes’ duration and covers the full duration of the escort process.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>KPI Escapes<sup>1</sup> from Prison Escort<sup>2</sup> and from Private Escort Contractors (PECS)<sup>3</sup> from 2005/06 to 2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2005</strong> <strong>/06</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2006 /07</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007 /08</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong> <strong>/09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong> <strong>/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong> <strong>/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong> <strong>/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong> <strong>/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong> <strong>/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong> <strong>/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KPI Prison Escorts Escapes</p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KPI Contracted Out Escort (PECS) Escapes</p></td><td><p><strong>17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KPI Category A Escapes during Escort</p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>1) The definition of a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Escape if (i) the prisoner is at liberty for 15 minutes or more before recapture or (ii) a prisoner escapes and is charged with another criminal offence.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>2) Escaping the control of escorting prison service staff.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>3) Escapes from the secure vehicles or supervision of contracted prison escorts. This includes escapes from court where contracted prison escort staff have been notified.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 23/02/2016 11:31:02 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

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registered interest
date	04/12/2014
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 category (a) B, (b) C and (c) A prisoners have escaped from prison in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	217242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The number of escapes from custody has been falling since 1995 when central records began, despite an increasing prison population, and has fallen dramatically in the last few years, with only 8 since 2010. There have been no escapes of Category A or B prisoners from prison establishments in this period. This compares to more than 90 over the previous decade. But we are not complacent and there are rigorous security checks in place to reduce the risk of this happening.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of Category C prisoners who have escaped from prison establishments between 2010/11 and 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1 Escapes of Category C prisoners, by year, April 2010 to March 2014</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Category C</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1</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 title="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314" 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> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 11/12/2014 16:39:39 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
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