Figures showing the numbers of prisoners who were released under End of Custody Licence between 29 June and 5 July from prison establishments within England and Wales, showing from which prison they were released and the offence group for which they were serving sentences, can be found in the following table. These figures are based on statistics published on 16 July and updates will be published monthly.
The End of Custody Licence was introduced on 29 June 2007. Eligible prisoners serving between four weeks and less than four years may be released under licence from prison up to 18 days before their automatic release date.
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.
Male Female Total All ECL releases between 29 June 2007 and 5 July 2007 1,552 149 1,701 By offence Violence against the person1 317 27 344 Robbery 22 2 24 Burglary 148 1 149 Theft and Handling 354 50 404 Fraud and Forgery 31 6 37 Drug offences 57 8 65 Motoring offences 213 6 219 Other offences 379 48 427 Offence not recorded 31 1 32 1 Excludes serious violent offences such as murder, manslaughter, wounding with intent to commit grievous bodily harm, possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, child cruelty and serious explosives offences. A full list of exclusions can be found in Prison Service Instruction 27/2007. Note: 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. See Data Sources and Quality section of report for more information.
Figures showing the daily number of releases of prisoners released on End of Custody Licence up to the end of the period for which published material is available, and the numbers returned to prison, are in the following tables:
Date Number of releases Friday 29 June 2007 884 Monday 2 July 2007 506 Tuesday 3 July 2007 124 Wednesday 4 July 2007 87 Thursday 5 July 2007 100
Number Decisions to recall as notified to NOMS 30 By reason for recall: Re-offended1 6 Failed to reside2 6 Out of touch3 11 Poor behaviour4 7 Number of offenders unlawfully at large on 5 July 2007 18
Information on the number of arrests for suspected offences is not held centrally.
These figures are based on statistics published on 16 July and updates will be published monthly. The End of Custody Licence was introduced on 29 June 2007.
Eligible prisoners serving between four weeks and less than four years may be released under licence from prison up to 18 days before their automatic release date. 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.