Prison Escapes (Hansard, 17 March 1995)

§ Mr. George Howarth
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of escapes from prison establishments and from prison escorts for each of the local prisons and remand centres, excluding contracted-out prisons, in England and Wales from 1 April 1994 to 31 March 1995.

§ Mr. Michael Forsyth
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 Mr. George Howarth, dated 17 March 1995: The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of escapes from prison establishments and prison escorts for each of the local prisons and remand centres, excluding contracted out prisons, in England and Wales from 1 April 1994 to 31 March 1995. The attached table shows the information requested from 1 April 1994 to 9 March 1995 inclusive, for those establishments where escapes occurred. A copy of this table has been placed in the House of Commons Library.

Establishment Number

Bedford 2

Birmingham 1

Brixton 1

Chelmsford 1

Durham 4

Elmley 1

Exeter 1

Gloucester 1

Holme House 2

Hull 1

Leicester 1

Lewes 1

Lincoln 2

Liverpool 2

Manchester 1

Norwich 2

Pentonville 2

Preston 1

Shrewsbury 1

Swansea 4

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Establishment Number

Wandsworth 1

Brinsford 3

Hindley 1

Rochester 2

Total 39

§ Mr. George Howarth
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the number of total escapes from prison establishments and from escorts since 1 April 1994 from(a) local prison and remand centres contracted out, (b) prisons, (c) dispersals, (d) category B training prisons, (e) category C training prisons, (f) adult male open prisons, (g) young offender closed establishments, (h) young offender open establishments and (g) female establishments.

§ Mr. Michael Forsyth
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 Mr. George Howarth, dated 17 March 1995: The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of total escapes from Prison Service establishments and from escorts since 1 April 1994. The information is given in the following table for the period 1 April 1994 to 9 March 1995 inclusive.

Escapes

Local Prisons/Remand Centres 39

Contracted Out Prisons 1

Dispersals 9

Category B Training Prisons 5

Category C Training Prisons 104

Adult Male Open Prisons 0

Young Offender Closed Establishments 27

Young Offender Open Establishments 0

Female Establishments 11

Total ¹196

¹ This figure excludes 15 escapes from escort that were previously the responsibility of the police and are now the responsibility of private contractors.

Establishment	Number
Bedford	2
Birmingham	1
Brixton	1
Chelmsford	1
Durham	4
Elmley	1
Exeter	1
Gloucester	1
Holme House	2
Hull	1
Leicester	1
Lewes	1
Lincoln	2
Liverpool	2
Manchester	1
Norwich	2
Pentonville	2
Preston	1
Shrewsbury	1
Swansea	4

Establishment	Number
Wandsworth	1
Brinsford	3
Hindley	1
Rochester	2
Total	39

	Escapes
Local Prisons/Remand Centres	39
Contracted Out Prisons	1
Dispersals	9
Category B Training Prisons	5
Category C Training Prisons	104
Adult Male Open Prisons	0
Young Offender Closed Establishments	27
Young Offender Open Establishments	0
Female Establishments	11
Total	¹196
¹ This figure excludes 15 escapes from escort that were previously the responsibility of the police and are now the responsibility of private contractors.