§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners in the Humberside and East Midlands region escaped from(a) prison service escort and (b) police service escort in each of the last five years; and from what type of escorting vehicle the escapes were made.
§ Mr. Peter LloydResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply.
Letter from A. J. Butler to Mr. Doug Hoyle, dated 4 June 1993:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many prisoners in the Humberside and East Midlands region escaped from (a) Prison Service escort and (b) Police Service escort in each of the last five years; and from what type of escorting vehicle the escapes were made.
Prison Service
The information requested is available centrally only for prisoners who escaped since 20 June 1988 from Prison Service escorts.
The following figures are for all escapes from escort including those to court, hospital and for other purposes. 181W
Inmates 11988 1 1989 10 1990 11 1991 22 1992 19 TOTAL 63 1 From 20 June 1988. Of these escapers—detailed below are the number who escaped from vehicles:
- 1988
- Nil from vehicles
- 1989
- 4 escaped from minibus
- 1990
- 2 escaped from minibus
- 3 escaped from coach
- 1991
- 1 escaped from minibus
- 8 escaped from coach
- 1 escaped from cellular vehicle
- 1992
- 2 escaped from taxi
- 2 escaped from minibus
- 3 escaped from coach
- Total 26
I regret that information is not available centrally on escapes from escorts staffed by police. This information could only be gathered at disproportionate cost.