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Recalls from life licence( 1) , taken from table 10.9 in the Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2005 England and Wales | |||||||
Number of recalls | |||||||
(1) Inmates whose licences have been revoked and were recalled to custody excluding abscondees. |
Home detention curfew recalls 1999 to 2005, taken from table 10.7 of the Offender Management Caseload Statistics( 1) , England and Wales | |||||||
Number of recalls | |||||||
1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
(1) Statistics found at: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/hosb1806section10.xls |
Mr. Evennett: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many offences were committed by tagged offenders in the London Borough of Bexley in each of last five years. [137617]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Details of offences committed by offenders who were subject to the home detention curfew scheme is not broken down according to local government boundaries. To do so would incur disproportionate cost.
Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice what mechanisms are in place to ensure that investigations into professional standards issues among staff at HM Prison Pentonville are conducted according to Prison Service Orders; if she will ensure that all relevant evidence is made available to staff facing disciplinary action for the preparation of their responses; and if she will make a statement. [139565]
Mr. Sutcliffe:
The Commissioning Authority is responsible for monitoring compliance with the relevant PSO in the first instance. Oversight of service
wide arrangements for dealing with investigations is provided by a committee chaired by the director of personnel.
There is a general presumption that all relevant evidence is disclosed but the person conducting the hearing may withhold any piece of evidence if justified. In the event that it is judged necessary to withhold any evidence, grounds for doing so will be presented at the hearing.
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice when Lord Carters review of short term prison place building plans and longer term issues affecting the prison estate will be completed; and when his report will be published. [137480]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Lord Carter of Coles has been asked to provide an assessment of the current plans for 8,000 new prison places and of the longer-term strategic issues affecting the custodial estate. Terms of reference for the review are in the process of being finalised. The review is expected to report in three months time.
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many prisoners absconded from HMP (a) East Sutton Park and (b) Askham Grange in each year since 1997; and how many remain at large. [139011]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The information requested is set out in the following table and covers the period from 1 April 1997 to 31 March 2007. Figures for 2006-07 are provisional and subject to validation. Currently there is no central record of absconders who are subsequently returned to custody. Recaptures reflect police rather than Prison Service performance and the data have not been held centrally for this reason.
Number of absconds from East Sutton Park prison and Askham Grange prison between 1 April 1997 to 31 March 2007 | ||
East Sutton Park | Askham Grange | |
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many prisoners absconded from HMP (a) Ford and (b) Hewell Grange in each year since 1997; and how many of those remain at large. [139222]
Mr. Sutcliffe:
The information requested is set out in the following table and covers the period from 1 April 1997 to 31 March 2007. Figures for 2006-07 are provisional and subject to validation. Currently there is no central record of absconders who are subsequently
returned to custody. Recaptures reflect police rather than Prison Service performance and the data have not been held centrally for this reason.
Number of absconds from Ford prison and Hewell Grange prison between 1 April 1997 and 31 March 2007 | ||
Ford | Hewell Grange | |
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many prisoners absconded from (a) HM Prison Hollesley Bay and (b) HM Prison Kirkham in each year since 1997; and how many of those in each case remain at large. [139922]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The information requested is set out in the following table and covers the period from 1 April 1997 to 31 March 2007. Figures for 2006-07 are provisional and subject to validation. Currently there is no central record of absconders who are subsequently returned to custody. Recaptures reflect police rather than Prison Service performance and the data have not been held centrally for this reason.
Number of absconds from Hollesley Bay prison and Kirkham prison between 1 April 1997 and 31 March 2007 | ||
Hollesley Bay | Kirkham | |
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many prisoners absconded from (a) HMP North Sea Camp and (b) HMP Leyhill in each year since 1997; and how many of those remain at large. [140598]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The information requested is set out in the following table and covers the period from 1 April 1997 to 31 March 2007. Figures for 2006-07 are provisional and subject to validation.
Currently there is no central record of absconders who are subsequently returned to custody. Recaptures reflect police rather than Prison Service performance and the data have not been held centrally for this reason.
North Sea Camp | Leyhill | |
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice pursuant to the answer of 1 May 2007, Official Report, column 249W, on prisoners' release, how many and what percentage of prisoners released under the Home Detention Curfew scheme (a) breached the rules of their curfew and (b) were recalled to prison in each year since 1999. [137402]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The figures requested can be found in the following table:
Prisoners released on home detention curfew 1999 to 2005, with recalls | |||||||
1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
Answer to part (a) of question (breach of HDC conditionspercentage) | |||||||
Note: Some of those recalled may have been released in a previous year. Source: Figures taken from tables 10.3 and 10.7 of Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2005 at: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/hosb1806section10.xls |
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