To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners have been released from HMP Aylesbury under the end of custody licence scheme since 27 June 2007; how many of those released have since been returned to (a) HMP Aylesbury and (b) other prisons; and to which other prisons such prisoners have been returned. (150710)

One prisoner from HMP Aylesbury was released under end of custody licence between 29 June and 5 July. 12 prisoners overall were returned to prison during this period out of a total released of 1,701. Information on the numbers of prisoners returned to each prison by individual establishment is not available.

These figures are based on statistics published on 16 July and updates will be published monthly.

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.