Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 102962

Prisoner Escapes

Tabled: 5 January 2026

Answered: 13 January 2026

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

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.

Answer

Jake Richards

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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