HC Deb 06 March 1991 vol 187 c158W
Mr. Alan Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether Mojisola Soetan, Gena Aina and Aderinjola Absosede Agbabiaka who escaped from East Sutton Park on 5 April 1990 and 22 April 1990 have since been recaptured.

Mrs. Rumbold

No. These three women are still unlawfully at large.

Mr. Alan Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether Bernadette Ambrose, Mavis mary Sasu and Kudi Balogun who escaped from Drake Hall on 4 February 1990 and 25 February 1990 have since been recaptured.

Mrs. Rumbold

Bernadette Ambrose has been recaptured. The other two women remain unlawfully at large.

Mr. Alan Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many absconders from open prison were recaptured in 1990.

Mrs. Rumbold

A new system of recording data on the recapture or surrender of absconders was introduced in November 1990. From that date until the end of 1990, a total of 190 prisoners unlawfully at large from open prisons were recaptured or surrendered. This figure includes prisoners who had failed to return to prison having been granted temporary release. The information requested prior to November 1990 is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Alan Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners absconded from open prisons in 1990.

Mrs. Rumbold

During 1990 1,148 prisoners absconded from open prisons.