§ Mr. TippingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will detail, by category of prisoner, the number of prisoners who escaped while under prison escort for the last five years for which figures are available.
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Category 'A' Adult Male — — — 1 — Category 'B' Adult Male 13 13 33 19 28 Category 'C Adult Male 5 18 25 31 38 Unsentenced Adult Male 29 39 26 54 43 Sentenced Young Offender Male 4 8 14 9 9 Unsentenced Young Offender Male 8 35 16 25 25 Sentenced Female 2 1 1 5 4 Unsentenced Female — 4 4 — — Total 61 118 119 144 147 The information relates to those prisoners who escaped whilst under prison escort between 20 June 1988 and 31 December 1992. Information was not collated centrally prior to June 1988. The information is derived from incidents reported to the Incident Management Support Unit, a part of the Directorate of Custody.
§ Mr. TippingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will detail, by category of prisoner, the number of prisoners who escaped while under prison escort during the months of April 1990, April 1991 and April 1992.
§ Mr. Peter LloydResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general, who has been asked to arrange a reply.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Paddy Tipping, dated 26 April 1993:
The Home Secretary has asked me to write to you in response to your Parliamentary Question asking, by category of prisoner, the number of prisoners who escaped whilst under prison escort during the months of April 1990, April 1991 and April 1992.The information is as follows:—
April 1990 April 1991 April 1992 Category "B" adult male 5 3 1 Category "C" adult male 1 4 2 Unsentenced adult male 2 4 1 Sentenced young offender 3 — — Unsentenced young offender 2 6 2 Sentenced female — — 2 Unsentenced female — 1 1 Total 13 18 9 The above information is derived from incidents reported to the Incident Management Support Unit, a part of the Directorate of Custody.
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§ Mr. Peter LloydResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the Prison Service who has been asked to arrange a reply.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Paddy Tipping, dated 26 April 1993:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking, by category of prisoner, the number of prisoners who escaped whilst under prison escort for the past five years for which figures are available.The information you requested is as follows: