§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners have absconded from HMP Leyhill in the last 12 months for which figures are available; how many of these have not been recaptured; and if he will place in the Library for each absconder in the last year a list of(a) the original offence for which they were imprisoned, (b) their original sentence and (c) the average length of their outstanding sentence. [134996]
§ Paul Goggins[holding answer 28 October 2003]: Leyhill is an open category D training establishment containing adult males mostly from the South West Area, although many transfer from other establishments after their recategorisation to category D. Leyhill also holds life sentence prisoners, allocated nationally.
Eighty-two prisoners absconded from Leyhill between 1 November 2002 and 24 October 2003. Of these 19 have not yet been recaptured. Table I lists for each absconder the offence for which he was imprisoned, the sentence and the length of sentence outstanding between the date of abscond and the expected release date. For prisoners other than life sentenced prisoners the average period for the time from date of abscond to expected release date was 10 months. Table 2 shows the changes in population, and the number of time served prisoners who were discharged from Leyhill in the last 12 months.
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Table 1 Offence Sentence Time to expected release date, at date of abscond Those not recaptured by 24 October 2003 Conspiracy to Theft 2 years 3 months No Breach of Community Supervision Order 6 months 1 month Burglary 2 years 6 months 13 months Burglary 5 years 8 months Attempted Robbery 4 years 9 months 7 months Burglary 5 years 11 months Robbery 6 years 14 months Burglary 5 years 4 months 9 months Murder life date to be fixed Murder life date to be fixed No Customs Evasion Drugs 8 years 10 months 18 months No Importing Drugs 5 years 13 months Burglary 18 months 3 months No Murder life date to be fixed Burglary 3 years 11 months Robbery 8 years 1 year 9 months Burglary 3 year 3 months 7 months Possession of Drugs 4 years 6 months 6 months Burglary 3 years 3 months Handling Stolen Goods 2 years 6 months 7 months Murder life date to be fixed Burglary 2 years 6 months 6 months Wounding with Intent 7 years 14 months Possession of Drugs 3 years 10 months 3 months Driving whilst Disqualified 6 months 1 month Burglary 6 years 11 months Robbery 3 years 5 months Robbery 3 years 6 months 9 months No Burglary 5 years 2 months Robbery 5 years 2 months 23 months Robbery 4 years 20 months Robbery 4 years 8 months No Robbery 3 years 2 months Robbery 5 years 8 months Theft 3 years 7 months No Burglary 10 months 2 months Burglary 4 years 6 months 2 months Burglary 3 years 1 month Robbery 4 years 16 months Burglary 2 years 6 months 9 months Burglary 4 years 2 months 8 months Robbery 5 years 11 months Manslaughter 7 years 16 months No Burglary 6 years 2 months 6 months Burglary 3 years 6 months Rape 7 years 22 months Drugs 4 years 4 months Burglary 3 years 4 months No Burglary 3 years 3 months 11 months Attempted Burglary 1 year 7 months 2 months Burglary 3 years 11 months 15 months Wonding with Intent 4 years 18 months Burglary 3 years 11 months Robbery 4 years 4 months Drugs 1 year 3 months 1 month No Prossession of Drugs 6 years 21 months Burglary 3 year 6 months 1 month Theft 8 months 2 months Burglary 1 year 5 months 6 months Burglary 2 years 8 months Affray 1 year 3 months Grievous Bodily Harm 6 years 3 months Threatening Behaviour 1 year 6 months 1 month Robbery 11 years 5 months Robbery 9 years 6 months 26 months No
Table 1 Offence Sentence Time to expected release date, at date of abscond Those not recaptured by 24 October 2003 Breach of Probation Order 4 years 9 months No Wounding with Intent 4 years 4 monts Customs Evasion 5 years 6 months 16 months No Theft 1 year 4 months 7 months Attempted Murder Life Date to be fixed No
Table 2 Baseline CNA1 Population Discharges October 2002 512 445 83 November 2002 512 449 75 December 2002 512 382 96 January 2003 512 360 59 February 20003 512 431 38 March 2003 512 497 89 April 2003 512 500 76 May2003 512 495 81 June 2003 512 500 82 July 2003 512 508 82 August 2003 512 511 69 September 2003 512 506 61 1 CNA = Certified Normal Accommodation