Figures on the numbers of prisoners granted early release under the home detention curfew scheme between 1999 and 2005 can be found in the table. This table is also published as table 10.3 in the Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2005, a copy of which can be found in the House of Commons Library and which is available online at
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/hosb1806 section10.xls
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.
Number/percentage England and Wales 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Population with sentences of three months to less than four years 49,527 55,344 54,064 55,370 57,551 55,810 54,616 Males 46248 51,533 50,303 51,413 53,256 51,282 50,246 Females 3,279 3,811 3,761 3,957 4,295 4,528 4,370 Number released on HOC 14,847 15,510 13,649 20,456 21,188 19,294 17,296 Males 13,523 14,005 12,121 18,509 19,050 17,159 15,392 Females 1,324 1,505 1,528 1,947 2,138 2,135 1,904 Percentage released 30 28 25 37 37 35 32 Males 29 27 24 36 36 33 31 Females 40 39 41 49 50 47 44 Population on HOC at end of year2 2,000 1,700 1,700 3,100 3,700 3,400 3,300 1 These statistics are based on information recorded on the central prison IT system on 7 October 2006. Further updates and amendments may be made to records on this system in future resulting in revised figures. 2 Rounded to the nearest 100.