Prison Escapes (Hansard, 16 February 1995)

§ Mr. Michael Forsyth

[holding answer 13 February 1995]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from Derek Lewis to Mrs Barbara Roche, dated 16 February 1995: The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question, pursuant to his Answer of 2 February, Official Report, Column 810, into which prison category escapes from prisons in (a) 1979, (b) 1984–85 and (c) 1993–94 figures fell; and if the escapes include escapes from escorts to prisons. The tables below show the revised figures for the escapes from Prison Service establishments and prison escorts that occurred in the calendar year 1979, the period 1 January 1984 to 31 March 1985 and for the financial year ending 31 March 1994. The figures for 1979 and 1984–85 have been revised in line with my answer to your Question F01470 I.

1 January 1979–31 December 1979
Escapes from Category B Prisons	12
Escapes from Category C Prisons	94
Escapes from Closed Borstals	118
Escapes from Closed Detention Centres	8
Sub Total	232
Escapes from Escort	94

Note:

Information on Borstal and Detention Centres Escapes from Escort is not available.

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Fifteen month period due to change from calendar to Financial Year 1 January 1984–31 March 1985
Escapes from Category B Prisons	15
Escapes from Category C Prisons	105
Escapes from closed YCCs	73
Escapes from Closed Detention Centres	14
Escapes from Closed Female Establishments	4
Sub-total	211
Escapes from escort	195
Total	406

1 April 1993–31 March 1994
Escapes from Category B Prisons	24
Escapes from Category C Prisons	96
Escapes from Closed YOIs	50
Escapes from Closed Female Establishments	1
Sub-total	171
Escapes from escort	¹102
Total	273
¹ This figure does not include 23 escapes from escorts which were not the responsibility of the Prison Service prior to Agency status.