Prisoner Escapes
(asked on 19th February 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners escaped from prisons in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.
Escapes from prison are rare. Each and every escape is fully investigated and as part of this, any learning from the incident is analysed centrally to offer support to establishments. To ensure public protection prisoners who escape are held in stricter conditions when they are returned to custody. Please see data below for the number of prisoner escapes in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years. The data is recorded every year from April – March, for example, April 2019 – March 2020.
| 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-28 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 |
Prison | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
HMMPS Escort | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
TOTAL | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 |