Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2020 to Question 1219, on Prisoner Escapes, how long each offender has been out of prison; and what the circumstances were that led to the escape in each case.

Escapes are rare but every security breach is treated seriously. Escaped prisoners recaptured by police face prosecution and face additional security measures on return to prison.

Please find below the information on the number of days prisoners have remained at large following an escape. Latest published data on escapes is available up to 2018-19, all prisoners who have escaped during this period have been recaptured.

Data Sources and Quality

These figures have been drawn from the HMPPS Incident Reporting System.

Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Although the figures are shown to the last individual the figures may not be accurate to that level.

We are unable to provide any further details of the circumstances of the escapes due to security reasons.