Written question asked by David Davis (Conservative) on Monday, 6 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 10 January 2005. It was answered by Paul Goggins (Labour) on Monday, 10 January 2005 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners convicted of sex offences have escaped from open prisons in the last three years; and if he will make a statement. - Inc table.

Answer: David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners convicted of sex offences have escaped from open prisons in the last three years; and if he will make a statement. [203532] Paul Goggins: Prisoners are considered to abscond, rather than to escape, from open prisons. The information sought is set out in the following table. This shows the number of prisoners who have absconded from open prisons or failed to return from a period of temporary release from an open prison in the years from 2002 to 2004 and who were serving sentences for sex offences at the time. Prescoed began taking sex offenders this year. All 10 of these prisoners were recaptured and none were still at large on 7 December 2004. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Prison 2002 2003 2004 (to 7 December) Leyhill 3 2 1 North Sea Camp 2 0 1 Prescoed -- -- 1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 203532; 429 c340-1W;429 c338W
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Prisoners Prisoner escapes Sexual offences Open prisons HMP/YOI Prescoed HMP Leyhill HMP North Sea Camp
Contains statistics: Yes
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