Andy Slaughter – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-04-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving sentences for (a) murder, (b) attempted murder, (c) rape and (d) attempted rape are currently unlawfully at large having escaped or absconded from prison.
Andrew Selous
The number of escapes and absconds are published annually, by financial year, in the Prison Digest:
Both escapes and absconds from prison have fallen to record lows since 2010. The specific information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
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