PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(29 November 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were released on home detention curfew in (a) Wales and (b) England in each of the last 20 years.

Asked by:
Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru)

Answer

We have provided the requested information in the Tables 1 and 2 below.


Data on total HDC recalls from 2015 onwards can be found in Table 1. A further breakdown of HDC recalls prior to 2015 could only be supplied at disproportionate cost.

Table 1: Recalls from Home Detention Curfew to prisons in England and prisons in Wales, 2015 to 2023

Year

England

Wales

2015

551

19

2016

523

13

2017

582

40

2018

1,575

93

2019

2,296

142

2020

2,040

154

2021

1,503

117

2022

1,284

92

2023

1,304

65

Data sources and quality
The figures in this table 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.

Methodological note
Recall data presented here are calculated on the basis of those who were recalled (and subsequently returned to custody) in this period, how many were on HDC. This is different to the method used in Offender Management Statistics Quarterly which looks at the number released to HDC who were later recalled. Numbers will therefore not be comparable.

Source: Prison NOMIS

Table 2: HDC releases from prisons in England and prisons in Wales, 2004 to 2023

Year

England

Wales

2004

18,514

781

2005

16,586

710

2006

13,157

509

2007

11,063

365

2008

11,403

318

2009

11,144

390

2010

11,915

335

2011

12,364

363

2012

12,330

473

2013

9,958

461

2014

8,228

386

2015

8,236

375

2016

8,613

429

2017

8,773

547

2018

13,699

1,070

2019

11,854

978

2020

9,884

905

2021

8,575

818

2022

7,950

781

2023

7,213

707

Data sources and quality
The figures in this table 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.

Source: Prison NOMIS


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1 January 1970

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