Justice written question – answered at on 23 October 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice
(1) how many prisoners have not had their home detention curfew application reviewed by the board within two weeks of their eligibility date in each young offenders institution in England and Wales in the latest period for which figures are available;
(2) how many prisoners were past their eligibility date by the time their home detention curfew application was considered in each young offender institution in England and Wales in the latest period for which figures are available.
It is not possible to answer either of these questions directly because the Ministry of Justice does not collect data on the assessments conducted under the home detention curfew (HDC) scheme. Data on the releases made under the scheme are collected and published regularly in the Offender Management Caseload Statistics on the Justice website:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/statistics/prisons-and-probation
The following table gives the rate of release for offenders aged 18 to 20 (the age of offenders in young offender institutions) and for all other age groups. It shows the same rate of release for each group. Where a prisoner is eligible and suitable for release on HDC, the aim is always to release on or as soon after the HDC eligibility date as possible, but no release may take place until the risk and suitability assessment procedures have been completed in full.
Home detention curfew release for offenders, England and Wales 2011 | |||
Age group | Eligible for release | Released | Release rate (%) |
Aged 18-20 | 5,301 | 1,592 | 30 |
Other age groups | 37,519 | 11,135 | 30 |
All ages | 42,820 | 12,727 | 30 |
Note: These statistics are based on information recorded on the central prison IT system at 29 February 2012. Data sources and quality: 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. |
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