§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list the names of the 152 prisoners who escaped from British prisons between 1 January 1981 and 30 September 1988 and who were unlawfully at large on that date;
(2) if he will list the names of the 52 prisoners who escaped from closed or high security prisons, between 1 January 1981 and 30 September 1988 and who were unlawfully at large on that date;
(3) if he will give the number of escaped prisoners who were unlawfully at large on 30 September and who were serving prison sentences for crimes of violence;
(4) if he will list the escaped prisoners who were unlawfully at large on 30 September who were serving prison sentences for fraud offences;
(5) if he will list the escaped prisoners unlawfully at large on 30 September who were serving sentences for crimes involving drugs.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggFigures in relation to adult prisoners who escaped from within a closed prison between 1 January 1981 and 30 September 1988, or who absconded from within an open prison between the same dates, and who were recorded as being unlawfully at large on 30 September 1988, were given in my reply to a question by the hon. Member for Tooting (Mr. Cox) on 15 November at column550. It would not be right to publish the details requested, but if the hon. Member has a particular reason for requiring more information about incidents to which the previous reply referred, he may wish to write to me.