HC Deb 31 October 1966 vol 735 cc22-3W
95. Mr. Kimball

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total number of prisoners who escaped from all Her Majesty's Prisons and Borstals and approved schools between 1 a.m. on Saturday 22nd October and 12 p.m. on Monday 24th October.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

Between 1 a.m. on Saturday 22nd October and midnight on Monday 24th October, five prisoners and two borstal boys escaped from closed establishments, and two prisoners and seven borstal boys absconded from open ones.

Boys and girls in approved schools are not prisoners, but during these three days, 77 absented themselves without permission. Thirty-five of these were not still absent at midnight on the day of their going. The majority of the remainder have since been retrieved.

Sir P. Rawlinson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners in all prisons in England and Wales are on the escape list.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

338 on 27th October.

Sir P. Rawlinson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners in Her Majesty's Prisons of Wormwood Scrubs and Wandsworth are on the escape list.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

On 27th October, 21 and 37.