§ Ms LynneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 12 June,Official Report, column 153, on Buckley Hall prison, how many of the 15 recapture/surrenders were carried out by (a)the police and (b)prison officers from Buckley Hall prison. [33771]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility 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 24 June 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question, on how many of the 15 recapture and surrenders at Buckley Hall prison were carried out by (a) the police and by (b) prison officers.
Of the 15 recapture and surrenders at Buckley Hall, all were carried out by the police.
§ Ms LynneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 12 June,Official Report, column 153, on incidents reported to the Prison Service from Buckley Hall prison, if he will define recapture/surrender in respect of (a) Buckley Hall prison and (b) prisons run by the Prison Service. [33773]
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§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility 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 24 June 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question, about the definition of incidents of recapture and surrender reported to the Prison Service from (a) Buckley Hall prison and (b) prisons run by the Prison ServiceAll prisons in England and Wales record recapture/surrender as the return to lawful custody either voluntarily or on recapture of any prisoner who has previously escaped from a prison establishment or escort, absconded, or failed to return to prison after a period of release on temporary licence.