§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of prisoners released early from each London prison due to the Prison Service miscalculating their release dates. [148]
§ 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 Mr. Tom Cox, dated 30 October 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of prisoners serving consecutive sentences who were released early from each London prison following the issue of guidance on the application of remand time in sentence calculation.The information is set out in the table below.
Establishment Number of prisoners released Belmarsh 2 Brixton 0 Downview 4 Feltham 11 Highdown 1 Hollo way 0 Latchmere House 1 Pentonville 7 Wandsworth 12 Wormwood Scrubs 4 Total 42