Prisoners Release

Justice

Written answers and statements, 29 October 2009

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Alan Duncan (Shadow Minister (Prisons), Justice; Rutland & Melton, Conservative)

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many under the End of Custody Licence scheme since June 2007 had previously been refused release on Home Detention Curfew.

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Maria Eagle (Minister of State (also in the Government Equalities Office), Ministry of Justice; Liverpool, Garston, Labour)

Between 29 June 2007 and 31 August 2009, around 67,400 prisoners were released under End of Custody Licence, the latest date for which this figure is available. Of these, around 11,200, about 17 per cent. had previously been refused release on home detention curfew.

These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

There is a significant difference between the operation of the HDC scheme and release on ECL. Release on HDC can lead to the release on licence for up to four and a half months before the automatic release date. The average period spent on HDC is about two and a half months. In contrast, the maximum period spent on ECL is two and a half weeks, 18 days.

The qualifying criteria and selection processes for the schemes reflect these differences.

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