Prisoners' Release: Curfews
(asked on 9th July 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prisoners were (1) granted, and (2) refused, Home Detention Curfew in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) age, (b) disability, (c) race, (d) religion or belief, (e) sex, (f) sexual orientation, and (g) gender reassignment.
Release on HDC allows suitable, risk assessed, prisoners to work towards rehabilitation in the community, while remaining subject to strict monitoring and other conditions.
Data on the number of prisoners released on HDC is published quarterly and annually. The data is broken down by gender and the following table shows releases in each of the last five years:
Individuals released on HDC 2014-18 |
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| 2014 | 2015(1) | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
Total Number released on HDC | 8,614 | 8,611 | 9,042 | 9,320 | 14,769 |
Male | 7,441 | 7,422 | 7,844 | 8,166 | 13,182 |
Female | 1,173 | 1,189 | 1,198 | 1,154 | 1,587 |
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(1) Figures for 2015 and earlier were produced using an older methodology than for the years 2016 to date. | |||||
Currently the data is not broken down by other protected characteristics but the next quarterly publication, due on 25 July, will include data on HDC releases by ethnicity. We are also exploring the scope to publish further breakdowns by other characteristics and this will depend upon the accessibility and reliability of the data, as well as the data protection implications if low numbers enabled individuals to be identified.
Data on the number of prisoners refused HDC is not collated centrally and could not be obtained except at disproportionate cost.