Prisoner Escorts
Commons · Question 90430 · Tabled 12 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Steve Darling
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
Answered by Jake Richards, 17 Nov 2025
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...