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Annual report and accounts costs for HMP Grendon/Spring Hill
£
Financial year Annual cost

1996-97

8,702,300.00

1997-98

8,992,600.00

1998-99

9,486,126.00

1999-2000

10,278,228.00

2000-01

11,066,549.00

2001-02

10,503,600.00

2002-03

11,834,438.00

2003-04

14,095,177.00

2004-05

14,704,902.00


Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 18 May 2006, Official Report, columns 1212-4W, on Leyhill open prison, how many of the prisoners who have absconded since 1999 have been recaptured; if he will restate the table to show those recaptured by year of abscond and offence; and if he will make a statement. [73472]


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Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 25 May 2006]: Available data indicate that since 1999 there have been 393 absconds from Leyhill prison. Of these, 365 prisoners have been recaptured since 1999. Details of
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these are given in the table. In addition to those recaptured a further four prisoners who were unlawfully at large have died.

Recaptured absconders from open prisons in England 1999-2000 to 2005-06
1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06

Murder

3

5

2

4

2

4

3

Manslaughter

—

—

—

1

—

1

—

Death by reckless driving

2

—

—

—

—

—

—

Rape

—

1

—

—

1

—

—

Attempted rape

—

—

—

—

—

—

1

Assault

2

—

—

4

5

9

6

Attempted Murder

—

—

—

—

1

1

—

Kidnap

—

—

—

1

—

1

—

Attempted kidnap

—

—

—

—

—

—

1

Robbery

4

1

3

3

16

8

14

Attempted robbery

—

—

—

—

—

1

1

Burglary

12

4

5

13

38

35

18

Drug related offences

1

1

1

1

12

10

6

Arson

—

2

—

—

—

—

2

Affray

—

—

—

—

1

1

1

Fraud

3

—

—

—

1

1

—

Driving offences

2

2

1

6

8

5

2

Possession of an offensive weapon

—

2

—

—

3

1

—

Handling stolen goods

1

2

1

1

1

1

1

Holding warrant

1

—

—

1

4

3

1

Theft

—

3

4

2

6

5

2

Blackmail

—

—

—

—

—

—

1

Breach of order

—

—

—

2

3

—

—

Criminal damage

—

1

1

—

—

—

—

Violence

—

—

—

1

1

1

—

Illegal Immigrant

—

—

—

—

—

1

—

Total

31

24

18

40

103

89

60


Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners have absconded from HMP Springhill in each of the last five year, broken down by category of offence; how many such absconders have not yet been apprehended; and if he will make a statement. [74798]

Mr. Sutcliffe: Since 1 January 2001, 169 prisoners have absconded from Springhill open prison. 13 prisoners have not yet been apprehended. Details of the absconders and those remaining unlawfully at large are provided in the following tables.


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Offence 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total number of absconds from Springhill prison by calendar year and type of offence

Murder

1

—

2

—

2

Manslaughter

2

—

—

1

—

Death by reckless driving

—

—

—

3

—

Escape

—

—

1

—

—

Threats to kill

—

—

1

—

—

Assault(1)

—

1

5

4

4

False imprisonment

—

—

1

—

—

Robbery

4

1

15

5

7

Attempted robbery

—

—

—

1

2

Burglary

3

3

17

11

9

Drug related offences

—

1

5

5

3

Hijack

—

—

2

—

—

Affray

—

1

—

—

1

Fraud

—

—

1

2

1

Driving offences

2

5

8

5

2

Possession of an offensive weapon

2

—

—

—

2

Handling stolen goods

—

—

2

—

2

Wounding

—

—

1

—

—

Theft

—

1

4

1

—

Breach of Order

—

—

1

1

—

Violence

—

—

—

—

1

Debts

—

—

—

—

1

Total

14

13

66

39

37

(1 )Including actual bodily harm, grievous bodily harm and other types of assault.
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