Prisoner Escapes
Commons · Question 102962 · Tabled 5 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by 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
Answered by Jake Richards, 13 Jan 2026
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...