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Offenders Unlawfully At Large

Volume 494: debated on Tuesday 16 June 2009

13. To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offences have been committed by offenders unlawfully at large since 1997. (279677)

There is no central record of the number of offences committed by offenders who are, for whatever reason, unlawfully at large. All such offenders are placed on the Police National Computer. Should they come to the adverse notice of the police, they are liable to be arrested and returned to custody.

The results of an audit of the number of offenders whose licences were revoked up to 30 June 2008 and who are not recorded as having been returned to custody will be published, for the first time, shortly.