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Prisoner Escapes: Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many escaped prisoners are currently at large; and what is the immigration status of each of them.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
9 Jun 2026
Target answer date
11 Jun 2026
Answer
18 Jun 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many escaped prisoners are currently at large; and what is the immigration status of each of them.

  2. 11 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Data on escapes from HMPPS custody is published annually in the HMPPS Annual Digest, with the latest data published up to March 2025. Information on more recent escapes will be published in subsequent Digests, with the next release, covering escapes to Ma...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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