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43437

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison staff were dismissed in 2013 for conducting inappropriate relationships with prisoners.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	192342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Offender Management Service is committed to dealing with all allegations of misconduct swiftly and robustly. The NOMS Conduct and Discipline Policy sets out the standards of behaviour that all staff are expected to maintain. Where these standards are found to have been breached the disciplinary process set out in the NOMS Conduct and Discipline policy is applied.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013 there were a total of 11 NOMS employees dismissed for having an 'Inappropriate Relationship with a prisoner / ex prisoner'.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright 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

43262

registered interest
date	14/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Custody
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the (a) capacity and (b) population of each (a) secure training centre, (b) young offender institution and (c) secure children's home on 1 March (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	192197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>Overall crime and proven offending by young people has fallen in recent years. Fewer young people have entered the criminal justice system, and as a result fewer young people have ended up in custody. This has allowed excess capacity in the youth secure estate to be decommissioned.</p><p> </p><p>The Table below shows the (a) capacity and (b) population of each Secure Children's Home, Secure Training Centre and under-18 Young Offender Institution at the end of February in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 and at the end of January in 2014 (this is the latest available published data for 2014). This relates to either the last Friday of the month in question, or the first Friday of the following month, depending on which is closest to final day of the month. Data for the end of February therefore offers the closest available published data to 1 March.</p><p> </p><p>The “capacity” figure relates to the number of beds available, allowing for any “out of commission” beds due to for example, damage to rooms or contractual changes.</p><p> </p><p>This information comes from the Youth Justice Board's Secure Accommodation Clearing House System (SACHS) database and eAsset database. The January 2014 database is provisional. The final 2013/14 figures will be finalised in 2013/14 Youth Justice Statistics to be published in January 2015.</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 and can be subject to change over time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright attachment 1 file name 192197 -Khan - Final Response - Children's Home Population.doc title Table 1
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

42276

registered interest
date	10/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many activity spaces per prisoner there were in (a) adult male prisons, (b) adult female prisons, (c) youth male prisons and (d) youth female prisons on 1 March (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013 in (A) the prison estate and (B) each prison.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	191287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested is not available centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>However, the number of activity spaces agreed within each public sector prison establishment's Service Level Agreement for 2013-14 is published at the following location: <a href="http://www.justice.gov.uk/information-access-rights/transparency-data/prison-service-level-agreement-and-probation-trust-contracts" target="_blank">http://www.justice.gov.uk/information-access-rights/transparency-data/prison-service-level-agreement-and-probation-trust-contracts</a>.</p><p> </p><p>These documents are a historical record of the public sector prison Service Level Agreements at the point at which they took effect. These agreements remain subject to change, through formal procedures, throughout the year.</p><p> </p><p>Work in prisons is a key priority to ensure prisoners are engaged purposefully while they are in custody. It also gives them the opportunity to learn skills and a work ethic which can increase their chances of finding employment on release, a key element to reducing reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>Our reforms to the Incentives and Earned Privileges national policy framework came into effect in adult prisons on 1 November 2013. Prisoners will be expected to engage in purposeful activity, as well as demonstrate a commitment towards their rehabilitation, reduce their risk of reoffending, behave well and help others if they are to earn privileges.</p><p> </p><p>The number of prisoners working in industrial activity in public sector prisons increased from around 8,600 in 2010-11 to around 9,700 in 2012-13. This delivered an increase in the total hours worked in industrial activities from 10.6 million hours to 13.1 million hours. In addition there are substantial numbers of prisoners who work to keep prisons running on tasks such as cooking, serving meals, maintenance and cleaning.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

41937

registered interest
date	06/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what length of custodial sentence was given to each foreign national returned to their home country as part of the EU Prisoner Transfer Agreement in each year since that agreement came into force; and how long each had left to serve at the time of the repatriation.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	191086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Council Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA (The EU PTA) entered into force on 5<sup>th</sup> December 2011.</p><p> </p><p>To date 18 Member States (including the United Kingdom) have implemented the Agreement. The European Court of Justice will have jurisdiction over the measure from 1 December 2014 and Member States may face infraction proceedings if they have not implemented the Agreement by then.</p><p> </p><p>Use of the EU PTA is an early stage and the number of prisoners transferred remains low. However, we expect to see a significant increase in the number of prisoner transferred once the Agreement has been implemented by all Member States.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To date 17 prisoners have been transferred to other jurisdictions.</p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the number of prisoners transferred from England and Wales to other EU Member States since the implementation of the EU PTA in December 2011.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Receiving State</p></td><td><p>Year of Transfer</p></td><td><p>Sentence Length</p></td><td><p>Time left to serve in the United Kingdom on the date of transfer</p></td><td><p>Offence Type</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>8 Years</p></td><td><p>1016 days</p></td><td><p>Wounding with intent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5 years, 5 months</p></td><td><p>634 days</p></td><td><p>Facilitating illegal entry</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>9 Years</p></td><td><p>1135 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>10 years</p></td><td><p>882 days</p></td><td><p>Death by dangerous driving</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6 years</p></td><td><p>578 days</p></td><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>7 years</p></td><td><p>1043 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>15 years</p></td><td><p>2098 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>10 years</p></td><td><p>1189 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6 years</p></td><td><p>544 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5 years, 3 months</p></td><td><p>437 days</p></td><td><p>Sex offences</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6 years, 6 months</p></td><td><p>793 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5 years, 6 months</p></td><td><p>608 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5 years, 6 months</p></td><td><p>638 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Indeterminate Sentence for Public Protection</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>4 years, 8 months</p></td><td><p>355 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>7 years</p></td><td><p>705 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4 years</p></td><td><p>388 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the number of British nationals transferred from other EU Member States to England and Wales since the EU PTA entered into force in December 2011. 10 prisoners have been transferred.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Sentencing State</p></td><td><p>Year of Transfer</p></td><td><p>Sentence Length</p></td><td><p>Time left to serve in custody following transfer</p></td><td><p>Offence Type</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>3 years, 11 months</p></td><td><p>415 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5 years</p></td><td><p>476 days</p></td><td><p>Human Trafficking</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>8 years</p></td><td><p>1195 days</p></td><td><p>Sexual Offences</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>14 years</p></td><td><p>1324 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3 years</p></td><td><p>146 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2 years</p></td><td><p>124 days</p></td><td><p>Fraud</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5 year, 4 months</p></td><td><p>974 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>9 years, 6 months</p></td><td><p>1617 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2 years, 10 months</p></td><td><p>267 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>15 years, 4 months</p></td><td><p>1847 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>*The figures given in the attached tables relate to England and Wales only. The transfer of prisoners to Scotland and to Northern Ireland is a devolved matter, and is therefore the responsibility of the relevant Minister. </em></p><p> </p><p><em>**The numbers reported here are drawn from a Prison Service Case Tracking System. Care is taken when processing these cases but the figures may be subject to inaccuracies associated with any recording system.</em></p><p>All foreign national offenders (FNOs) sentenced to custody are referred to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Office" target="_blank">Home Office</a> for them to consider deportation at the earliest possible opportunity.</p><p>The Prisoner Transfer process is just one mechanism for removing Foreign National Offenders. The number of FNOs deported under the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) has increased under this Government. In 2013, we removed nearly 2,000 FNOs under ERS and under the Tariff Expired Removal Scheme (TERS), which was introduced in May 2012, we have removed 231 FNOs to date.</p><p>Whereas this Government has begun to reduce the foreign national population in prison since 2010, between 1997 and 2010, the number of foreign nationals in our prisons more than doubled</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 191087 191092 191093 question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

41939

registered interest
date	06/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what crimes were committed by those foreign nationals who have been returned from the UK to their home countries under the EU Prisoner Transfer Agreement in each year since that agreement came into force.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	191092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Council Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA (The EU PTA) entered into force on 5<sup>th</sup> December 2011.</p><p> </p><p>To date 18 Member States (including the United Kingdom) have implemented the Agreement. The European Court of Justice will have jurisdiction over the measure from 1 December 2014 and Member States may face infraction proceedings if they have not implemented the Agreement by then.</p><p> </p><p>Use of the EU PTA is an early stage and the number of prisoners transferred remains low. However, we expect to see a significant increase in the number of prisoner transferred once the Agreement has been implemented by all Member States.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To date 17 prisoners have been transferred to other jurisdictions.</p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the number of prisoners transferred from England and Wales to other EU Member States since the implementation of the EU PTA in December 2011.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Receiving State</p></td><td><p>Year of Transfer</p></td><td><p>Sentence Length</p></td><td><p>Time left to serve in the United Kingdom on the date of transfer</p></td><td><p>Offence Type</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>8 Years</p></td><td><p>1016 days</p></td><td><p>Wounding with intent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5 years, 5 months</p></td><td><p>634 days</p></td><td><p>Facilitating illegal entry</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>9 Years</p></td><td><p>1135 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>10 years</p></td><td><p>882 days</p></td><td><p>Death by dangerous driving</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6 years</p></td><td><p>578 days</p></td><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>7 years</p></td><td><p>1043 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>15 years</p></td><td><p>2098 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>10 years</p></td><td><p>1189 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6 years</p></td><td><p>544 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5 years, 3 months</p></td><td><p>437 days</p></td><td><p>Sex offences</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6 years, 6 months</p></td><td><p>793 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5 years, 6 months</p></td><td><p>608 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5 years, 6 months</p></td><td><p>638 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Indeterminate Sentence for Public Protection</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>4 years, 8 months</p></td><td><p>355 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>7 years</p></td><td><p>705 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4 years</p></td><td><p>388 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the number of British nationals transferred from other EU Member States to England and Wales since the EU PTA entered into force in December 2011. 10 prisoners have been transferred.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Sentencing State</p></td><td><p>Year of Transfer</p></td><td><p>Sentence Length</p></td><td><p>Time left to serve in custody following transfer</p></td><td><p>Offence Type</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>3 years, 11 months</p></td><td><p>415 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5 years</p></td><td><p>476 days</p></td><td><p>Human Trafficking</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>8 years</p></td><td><p>1195 days</p></td><td><p>Sexual Offences</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>14 years</p></td><td><p>1324 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3 years</p></td><td><p>146 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2 years</p></td><td><p>124 days</p></td><td><p>Fraud</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5 year, 4 months</p></td><td><p>974 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>9 years, 6 months</p></td><td><p>1617 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2 years, 10 months</p></td><td><p>267 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>15 years, 4 months</p></td><td><p>1847 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>*The figures given in the attached tables relate to England and Wales only. The transfer of prisoners to Scotland and to Northern Ireland is a devolved matter, and is therefore the responsibility of the relevant Minister. </em></p><p> </p><p><em>**The numbers reported here are drawn from a Prison Service Case Tracking System. Care is taken when processing these cases but the figures may be subject to inaccuracies associated with any recording system.</em></p><p>All foreign national offenders (FNOs) sentenced to custody are referred to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Office" target="_blank">Home Office</a> for them to consider deportation at the earliest possible opportunity.</p><p>The Prisoner Transfer process is just one mechanism for removing Foreign National Offenders. The number of FNOs deported under the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) has increased under this Government. In 2013, we removed nearly 2,000 FNOs under ERS and under the Tariff Expired Removal Scheme (TERS), which was introduced in May 2012, we have removed 231 FNOs to date.</p><p>Whereas this Government has begun to reduce the foreign national population in prison since 2010, between 1997 and 2010, the number of foreign nationals in our prisons more than doubled</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 191086 191087 191093 question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

41940

registered interest
date	06/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in England and Wales originate from countries that are signed up to the EU Prisoner Transfer Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	191088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The EU Prisoner Transfer Agreement (Council Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA) entered into force on 5<sup>th</sup> December 2011.</p><p> </p><p>To date 18 Member States (including the United Kingdom) have implemented the Agreement. The number of foreign nationals in prison from these countries (as of 31<sup>st</sup> December 2013) is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Transfer under the EUPTA requires a deportation order and prisoners must have at least six months left to serve when transferred. Many shorter sentenced EU prisoners will therefore not be in scope for transfer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Of which sentenced</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign Nationals from EU countries that have implemented the EUPTA <sup>(1)</sup></p></td><td><p>2,307</p></td><td><p>1,422</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>938</p></td><td><p>553</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(1) Includes Poland. Poland has implemented but has derogation from accepting compulsory prisoner transfers under the EU Prisoner Transfer Arrangement (PTA) until December 2016.</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Use of the EU PTA remains at an early stage, but we expect to see a significant increase in the number of prisoner transferred once the Agreement has been implemented by all Member States.</p><p>All foreign national offenders sentenced to custody are referred to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Office" target="_blank">Home Office</a> for them to consider deportation at the earliest possible opportunity.</p><p>The Prisoner Transfer process is just one mechanism for removing Foreign National Offenders. The number of FNOs deported under the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) has increased under this Government. In 2013, we removed nearly 2,000 FNOs under ERS and under the Tariff Expired Removal Scheme (TERS), which we introduced in May 2012, we have removed 237 FNOs to date.</p><p>Whereas this Government has begun to reduce the foreign national population in prison since 2010, between 1997 and 2010, the number of foreign nationals in our prisons more than doubled.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

41941

registered interest
date	06/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many UK citizens have been returned to the UK from abroad to serve their custodial sentences under the EU Prisoner Transfer Agreement in each year since that agreement came into force; of what offences they were convicted; what length of custodial sentence they received; and how long they had left to serve in custody at the time of their repatriation.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	191087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Council Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA (The EU PTA) entered into force on 5<sup>th</sup> December 2011.</p><p> </p><p>To date 18 Member States (including the United Kingdom) have implemented the Agreement. The European Court of Justice will have jurisdiction over the measure from 1 December 2014 and Member States may face infraction proceedings if they have not implemented the Agreement by then.</p><p> </p><p>Use of the EU PTA is an early stage and the number of prisoners transferred remains low. However, we expect to see a significant increase in the number of prisoner transferred once the Agreement has been implemented by all Member States.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To date 17 prisoners have been transferred to other jurisdictions.</p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the number of prisoners transferred from England and Wales to other EU Member States since the implementation of the EU PTA in December 2011.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Receiving State</p></td><td><p>Year of Transfer</p></td><td><p>Sentence Length</p></td><td><p>Time left to serve in the United Kingdom on the date of transfer</p></td><td><p>Offence Type</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>8 Years</p></td><td><p>1016 days</p></td><td><p>Wounding with intent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5 years, 5 months</p></td><td><p>634 days</p></td><td><p>Facilitating illegal entry</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>9 Years</p></td><td><p>1135 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>10 years</p></td><td><p>882 days</p></td><td><p>Death by dangerous driving</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6 years</p></td><td><p>578 days</p></td><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>7 years</p></td><td><p>1043 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>15 years</p></td><td><p>2098 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>10 years</p></td><td><p>1189 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6 years</p></td><td><p>544 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5 years, 3 months</p></td><td><p>437 days</p></td><td><p>Sex offences</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6 years, 6 months</p></td><td><p>793 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5 years, 6 months</p></td><td><p>608 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5 years, 6 months</p></td><td><p>638 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Indeterminate Sentence for Public Protection</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>4 years, 8 months</p></td><td><p>355 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>7 years</p></td><td><p>705 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4 years</p></td><td><p>388 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the number of British nationals transferred from other EU Member States to England and Wales since the EU PTA entered into force in December 2011. 10 prisoners have been transferred.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Sentencing State</p></td><td><p>Year of Transfer</p></td><td><p>Sentence Length</p></td><td><p>Time left to serve in custody following transfer</p></td><td><p>Offence Type</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>3 years, 11 months</p></td><td><p>415 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5 years</p></td><td><p>476 days</p></td><td><p>Human Trafficking</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>8 years</p></td><td><p>1195 days</p></td><td><p>Sexual Offences</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>14 years</p></td><td><p>1324 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3 years</p></td><td><p>146 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2 years</p></td><td><p>124 days</p></td><td><p>Fraud</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5 year, 4 months</p></td><td><p>974 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>9 years, 6 months</p></td><td><p>1617 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2 years, 10 months</p></td><td><p>267 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>15 years, 4 months</p></td><td><p>1847 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>*The figures given in the attached tables relate to England and Wales only. The transfer of prisoners to Scotland and to Northern Ireland is a devolved matter, and is therefore the responsibility of the relevant Minister. </em></p><p> </p><p><em>**The numbers reported here are drawn from a Prison Service Case Tracking System. Care is taken when processing these cases but the figures may be subject to inaccuracies associated with any recording system.</em></p><p>All foreign national offenders (FNOs) sentenced to custody are referred to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Office" target="_blank">Home Office</a> for them to consider deportation at the earliest possible opportunity.</p><p>The Prisoner Transfer process is just one mechanism for removing Foreign National Offenders. The number of FNOs deported under the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) has increased under this Government. In 2013, we removed nearly 2,000 FNOs under ERS and under the Tariff Expired Removal Scheme (TERS), which was introduced in May 2012, we have removed 231 FNOs to date.</p><p>Whereas this Government has begun to reduce the foreign national population in prison since 2010, between 1997 and 2010, the number of foreign nationals in our prisons more than doubled</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 191086 191092 191093 question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

41291

registered interest
date	04/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on first-class rail travel by (a) Ministers and (b) officials in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	190548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State has put in place a ban on all first class rail. An exception to this ban is to support the needs of some disabled staff in carrying out their duties, where it is reasonable to do so, and which exceptionally justify the use of first class rail travel.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides details of spend on first class rail travel for Ministers and officials for the calendar years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. This shows a reduction of £1,589,275, 80%, over the period.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar Year</p></td><td><p>Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009*</p></td><td><p>£3,989, 713</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>£1,988,205</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£421,346</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£352,927</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£398,930</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Spend information is only available for the period April to December 2009</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the reduction in spend on first class rail travel, the total MoJ spend on travel has fallen by more than 40% since 2009, a saving of more than £9 million. The spend on first class rail and air travel in the financial year 2009-10 was £4.4 million.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

41013

registered interest
date	03/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
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	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1 Number of prisoners not subsequently returned to custody following release in error from prison between May 2010 and September 2013, by category</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Category C</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female (Closed)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uncategorised</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>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.</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><p> </p><p><em>The number of releases in error may change should further incidents be reported.</em></p><p> </p><p>The number of absconds has come down sharply from a level of 947 in 2002-3 to 204 in 2012-13.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2 Number of absconds between May 2010 and March 2013, by month </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of absconds</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 10</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 10</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 10</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 10</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 10</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 10</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 11</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 11</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 11</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 11</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 11</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 11</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 11</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 11</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 11</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 11</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 12</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 12</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 12</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 12</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 12</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 12</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 12</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 12</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 12</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 13</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 13</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 13</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 3 Number of prisoners unlawfully at large following abscond between May 2010 and March 2013, by category</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>D</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not categorised</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><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><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 4 Month and category of prisoners who escaped in transit between May 2010 and March 2013</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Category</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 10</p></td><td><p>Uncategorised</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 11</p></td><td><p>Cat B</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 11</p></td><td><p>Uncategorised</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 11</p></td><td><p>Uncategorised</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 11</p></td><td><p>Uncategorised</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 11</p></td><td><p>Uncategorised</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 12</p></td><td><p>Uncategorised</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 12</p></td><td><p>Potential Category A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 12</p></td><td><p>Uncategorised</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November12</p></td><td><p>Uncategorised</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>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</p><p><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></p><p> </p> 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

41019

registered interest
date	03/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many escapes by prisoners there have been while being transported, by category of prisoner, in each month since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	190287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1 Number of prisoners not subsequently returned to custody following release in error from prison between May 2010 and September 2013, by category</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Category C</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female (Closed)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uncategorised</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>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.</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><p> </p><p><em>The number of releases in error may change should further incidents be reported.</em></p><p> </p><p>The number of absconds has come down sharply from a level of 947 in 2002-3 to 204 in 2012-13.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2 Number of absconds between May 2010 and March 2013, by month </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of absconds</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 10</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 10</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 10</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 10</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 10</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 10</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 11</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 11</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 11</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 11</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 11</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 11</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 11</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 11</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 11</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 11</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 12</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 12</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 12</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 12</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 12</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 12</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 12</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 12</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 12</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 13</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 13</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 13</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 3 Number of prisoners unlawfully at large following abscond between May 2010 and March 2013, by category</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>D</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not categorised</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><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><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 4 Month and category of prisoners who escaped in transit between May 2010 and March 2013</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Category</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 10</p></td><td><p>Uncategorised</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 11</p></td><td><p>Cat B</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 11</p></td><td><p>Uncategorised</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 11</p></td><td><p>Uncategorised</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 11</p></td><td><p>Uncategorised</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 11</p></td><td><p>Uncategorised</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 12</p></td><td><p>Uncategorised</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 12</p></td><td><p>Potential Category A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 12</p></td><td><p>Uncategorised</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November12</p></td><td><p>Uncategorised</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>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</p><p><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></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 190140 190263 190288 question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
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