Prisoners' Release: Females
(asked on 13th June 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women have been released on temporary licence in each year since 2010.
Data on temporary release by gender is published annually in the Prison Releases tables of the offender management statistics. The available data covers the years 2011 to 2018:
| 2010* | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2015** | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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released on temporary licence | - | 828 | 875 | 819 | 731 | 613 | 613 | 621 | 650 | 643 |
(*) A new prison database system was introduced mid 2009 (P-NOMIS). The migration of data from the old system (LIDS) to P-NOMIS affected the supply of data for statistical purposes from July 2009 to February 2010. Data for 2009 is taken from Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2009, in which volumes for 2009 were estimated using data from the first half of the year and rounded to the nearest 100. Data for 2010 is unavailable. | ||||||||||
(**) Due to improvements in IT systems, the 2015 prison admissions data is now taken from a different source and, for statistical reporting purposes only, are produced using a different method. The 2015 figures from both the old and new systems have been presented to aid comparison. | ||||||||||
By providing opportunities to work, learn and build family ties, temporary release from prison helps ensure offenders do not return to crime when they leave prison.
We published a new ROTL policy framework on 28 May, following consultation with practitioners and key stakeholders, such as employers. Governors can now consider ROTL earlier and in more cases, and prisoners can enter the workplace sooner.