Prisoner Escapes

Tom Brake
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners absconded from each (a) prison and (b) young offender institution in London in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Hanson
The number of incidents of prisoners absconding from prisons in the London area in each of the last 10 years is shown in the following table. This information is also available for all prisons at the Prison Service website

www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk

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|Establishment      |1997-98|1998-99|1999-2000|2000-01|2001-02|2002-03|2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|Total|
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|HMP Belmarsh       |0      |0      |0        |0      |0      |0      |0      |0      |0      |0      |0    |
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|HMP Brixton        |0      |1      |1        |1      |0      |0      |2      |0      |0      |0      |5    |
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|HMP Bronzefield    |0      |0      |0        |0      |0      |0      |0      |0      |0      |0      |0    |
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|HMYOI Feltham      |0      |0      |0        |0      |0      |1      |0      |0      |0      |0      |1    |
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|HMP Holloway       |0      |0      |0        |1      |0      |0      |0      |0      |0      |0      |1    |
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|HMP Latchmere House|2      |0      |0        |1      |2      |1      |0      |0      |0      |0      |6    |
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|HMP Pentonville    |0      |0      |0        |0      |0      |0      |0      |1      |0      |0      |1    |
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|HMP Wandsworth     |1      |0      |0        |0      |0      |2      |3      |0      |0      |0      |6    |
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|HMP Wormwood Scrubs|0      |1      |0        |1      |1      |0      |0      |0      |0      |0      |3    |
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|Total              |3      |2      |1        |4      |3      |4      |5      |1      |0      |0      |23   |
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