§ 40. Mr. Montgomeryasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many escaped prisoners were still not accounted for at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. HurdReliable information is not available for the period before 1981. Of those adult prisoners who escaped from closed prisons between 1 January 1981 and 30 September 1983, 24 were still at large on 29 November 1983; a further 72 who had absconded from within open establishments were also at large.