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Written question asked by Lord Bellingham (Conservative) on Tuesday, 16 October 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 October 2007. It was answered by Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour) on Tuesday, 23 October 2007 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Parole

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners were detained as a consequence of breaching release licensing conditions at each prison establishment in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
Answer

Information on the numbers of prisoners detained as a consequence of breaching their licensing conditions by prison establishment in England and Wales can be found in the following table. These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

Recall prison population by month, from August 2006 to August 2007, by establishment¹
Recall population by establishment¹
2006 2007
Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Total recall population 4,313 4,411 4,550 4,724 4,711 4,963 4,974 4,930 5,027 5,104 5,105 5,253 5,317
Altcourse 69 70 69 73 65 73 78 71 77 82 79 96 106
Acklington 83 81 75 85 87 97 105 101 102 114 112 117 126
Bristol 56 61 69 68 75 80 73 70 67 73 83 73 74
Birmingham 158 152 140 137 132 137 135 125 132 143 148 174 153
Bullingdon 67 72 71 83 80 80 69 69 71 76 71 72 73
Blakenhurst 86 81 85 90 80 84 80 83 77 80 80 80 94
Channings Wood 55 52 57 54 62 64 67 73 66 71 60 59 63
Dartmoor 66 62 64 67 68 79 75 70 70 77 78 77 81
Durham 75 84 102 92 84 98 92 103 103 126 116 118 100
Doncaster 95 115 120 115 129 133 132 113 109 107 99 105 98
Elmley 69 66 64 69 66 68 67 66 75 77 69 78 86
Forest Bank 115 133 129 121 126 130 129 126 126 133 131 169 138
Holme House 74 67 82 87 82 93 100 95 101 96 93 101 101
Hull 101 114 102 107 113 122 115 101 101 123 120 125 114
Leeds 122 129 125 138 118 116 99 106 116 117 106 115 125
Lincoln 65 61 55 59 55 50 74 60 70 87 107 133 118
Liverpool 91 89 99 92 113 105 100 101 116 123 120 117 115
Littlehey 71 71 71 67 68 70 71 71 62 61 63 66 70
Manchester 82 87 84 69 61 74 96 100 108 105 97 90 104
Nottingham 68 62 63 71 82 67 61 65 51 78 84 88 83
Preston 51 54 51 72 74 72 79 63 59 59 58 61 61
Parc 88 79 74 87 85 90 90 95 87 99 95 101 89
Ranby 74 68 74 74 69 77 78 86 87 90 88 75 76
Risley 53 54 63 69 78 82 80 86 86 88 83 81 82
Stafford 63 61 62 65 68 73 75 76 76 79 79 79 82
Wymott 64 67 80 80 89 92 91 94 101 105 109 114 112
Wormwood Scrubs 65 80 65 64 62 64 61 61 82 83 71 61 67
Whatton 87 89 99 103 106 109 101 98 95 97 106 104 106
Wandsworth 78 67 62 65 73 88 87 87 80 104 99 106 110
¹ Total recall population includes all establishments however the breakdown only includes those establishments with 50 or more recallees in each month.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
159439; 465 c284W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Parole Prisoners' release
Link
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