Question follow-through · 59709
Bail
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people absconded while on bail awaiting trial in each of the last five years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 13 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
13 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people absconded while on bail awaiting trial in each of the last five years.
17 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of people sentenced for failing to surrender to bail under section 6 of the Bail Act 1976 at criminal courts in England and Wales in the Outcomes by Offences data tool that can be downloaded from...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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