§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 2 January,Official Report, column 810, how many of the escapes from prisons in (a) 1979, (b) 1984–85 and (c) 1985–86 were non-key performance indicator escapes.
§ 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 20 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, asking how many of the escapes from prisons in (a) 1979, (b) 1984/85 and (c) 1985–86 were non-Key Performance Indicator escapes.I greatly regret that the information I gave in response to your original Question was incorrect, as the figures for 1979, 1984/85 and 1985/86 did not include all escapes. The 1993/94 figures were correct. The correct information is shown in the table below:
Year Escapes from prison Escapes from Greater London prisons 1979 232 2n/a 1984/85 211 2n/a 1985/86 202 2n/a 1993/94 1171 11 1Excludes non-Key Performance Indicator escapes (ie those recaptured within 15 minutes). 2Full Information not available Key Performance Indicators were not introduced until the Prison Service became an Agency on 1 April 1993. Non-Key Performance Indicator escapes were, therefore, not recorded in 1979, 1984–85 or 1985–86.