United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 102962
Prisoner Escapes
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5 January 2026
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13 January 2026 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Urgent Question HMP Leyhill: Offender Abscondments, how many of the 57 prisoner abscondments that occurred in 2025 remained at large as of 1 January 2026.
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5 January 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Urgent Question HMP Leyhill: Offender Abscondments, how many of the 57 prisoner abscondments that occurred in 2025 remained at large as of 1 January 2026.
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13 January 2026
Answer
There were 57 absconds in the year ending March 2025. Data on absconds is published annually in the HMPPS Annual Digest: HMPPS Annual Digest 2024 to 2025 - GOV.UK. This only includes a 30-day reference point for whether prisoners remained at large. Data f...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-01-05/102962
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1868144
- uk · wq-1868144 · source updated 13 January 2026