Question reference: S3W-04242
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 12 September 2007
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Current status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 19 September 2007
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners have absconded while under escort in each year since 1987.
Answer
I have asked MikeEwart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
The following tableillustrates the number of incidents recorded where a prisoner has escaped whilebeing escorted from an SPS establishment. Reliable information is not availableprior to 2001.
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 |