Prisoner Escapes
(asked on 8th November 2016) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have (a) escaped and (b) absconded from each prison establishment in each year since 2010.
This question was answered on 18th November 2016
The number of KPI escapes1 and absconds for each prison in England and Wales is published annually on gov.uk.
NOTE 1 An escape is deemed to be a KPI escape if (i) the prisoner is at liberty for 15 minutes or more before recapture or (ii) an offence is committed during an escape lasting less than 15 minutes.