§ Ms LynneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many temporary release failures have occurred at Buckley Hall prison since December 1994; what is the percentage of total temporary decisions that have resulted in temporary release failures at Buckley Hall prison; and what is the percentage of total temporary decisions that have resulted in temporary failures at male category C prisons. [33772]
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§ Miss Widdecombe[holding answer 24 June 1996]: 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 Richard Tilt to Ms Liz Lynne, dated 9 July 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question on temporary release failures at Buckley Hall prison since December 1994 and the percentage of total temporary release decisions that have resulted in temporary release failures at male category C prisons.Since December 1994, seven hundred and sixty four prisoners have been released on temporary licence from Buckley Hall prison, of which thirty eight (4.9 per cent) have failed to return on time. Recent improvements in risk assessment at Buckley Hall has resulted in a drop in the failure to return on time rate to 2.6 per cent. for the first quarter of 1996–7.The percentage of total temporary release decisions at all male category C prisons which have resulted in failures to return since December 1994 is 0.4 per cent.