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Written question asked by Dominic Grieve (Conservative) on Wednesday, 10 September 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 September 2008. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 October 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.


Crime: Prisoners

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of offences recorded by the police in each of the last five years were crimes committed by prisoners whilst in custody.
Answer

[holding answer 17 September 2008]: The information requested is not collected centrally.The Home Office collects 'recorded crime' data from the police in England and Wales. These data concentrate solely on the numbers of offences which are recorded and detected by the police.Within this data-set no details are collected on the offender.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
224229; 480 c572W
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Crime Prisons
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk