Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 90430

Prisoner Escorts

Tabled: 12 November 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Steve Darling

Liberal DemocratTorbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were not transported from (a) magistrates courts and (b) crown courts to prison in each of the last 5 years.

Answer

Jake Richards
We have interpreted question 90429 to relate purely to individuals with a custodial sentence and not all convicted of an offence. In the last 5 years, there have been no failures by Prisoner Escort and Custody Services (PECS) suppliers to return or take a...

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