HC Deb 04 December 1963 vol 685 cc198-9W
Mr. Maxwell-Hyslop

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners have escaped from Dartmoor Prison in each of the last 15 years; how many in each year escaped from outside working parties; and how many of those who escaped from outside working parties had been convicted of crimes involving violence, including armed robbery, robbery with violence, assault, rape, inflicting bodily harm, and resisting arrest, respectively.

Miss Pike

The information asked for in the first part of the Question is given in the table below. The information asked for in the second part is not available.

ESCAPES FROM DARTMOOR PRISON
From the prison From outside parties Total
1949 1 7 8
1950
1951 1 4 5
1952 4 4
1953 4 4
1954 8 8
1955 2 8 10
1956 5 5
1957 1 5 6
1958 3 2 5
1959 3 1 4
1960 10 10
1961 4 9 13
1962 6 —. 6
1963 5 4 9
30 67 97