Sam Gyimah corrected a written answer on Approved Premises

22 December 2016 · Commons written answer · Ministry of Justice

Mr David Hanson (Labour, Delyn) asked written question 49987 on 24 October 2016. Mr Sam Gyimah answered on 1 November 2016 for the Ministry of Justice, and Mr Sam Gyimah corrected the answer on 22 December 2016. The figure 662 in the original became 884 in the correction, higher by 222. Altogether 4 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders absconded from bail hostels in (a) England and (b) Wales in each year since 2010.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
The numbers of recalls of offenders for absconding from Approved Premises between 2010/11 and 2015/16, in England and in Wales, are set out below. \| England \| Wales 2010/11 \| 1153 \| 45 2011/12 \| 986 \| 27 2012/13 \| 911 \| 41 2013/14 \| 836 \| 31 2014/15 \| 753 \| 33 2015/16 \| ~~662~~ \| 21 Public protection is our top priority. When an abscond takes place, the offender is recalled, and the Police are notified and are responsible for locating the offender. We take any breach of licence conditions extremely seriously and offenders who abscond can be sent back to prison.	The numbers of recalls of offenders for absconding from Approved Premises between 2010/11 and 2015/16, in England and in Wales, are set out below. \| England \| Wales 2010/11 \| 1153 \| 45 2011/12 \| 986 \| 27 2012/13 \| 911 \| 41 2013/14 \| 836 \| 31 2014/15 \| 753 \| 33 2015/16 \| 884 \| 27 Public protection is our top priority. When an abscond takes place, the offender is recalled, and the Police are notified and are responsible for locating the offender. We take any breach of licence conditions extremely seriously and offenders who abscond can be sent back to prison.

Original

Corrected

The numbers of recalls of offenders for absconding from Approved Premises between 2010/11 and 2015/16, in England and in Wales, are set out below.
| England
| Wales
2010/11
| 1153
| 45
2011/12
| 986
| 27
2012/13
| 911
| 41
2013/14
| 836
| 31
2014/15
| 753
| 33
2015/16
| ~~662~~
| 21
Public protection is our top priority. When an abscond takes place, the offender is recalled, and the Police are notified and are responsible for locating the offender.
We take any breach of licence conditions extremely seriously and offenders who abscond can be sent back to prison.

The numbers of recalls of offenders for absconding from Approved Premises between 2010/11 and 2015/16, in England and in Wales, are set out below.
| England
| Wales
2010/11
| 1153
| 45
2011/12
| 986
| 27
2012/13
| 911
| 41
2013/14
| 836
| 31
2014/15
| 753
| 33
2015/16
| 884
| 27
Public protection is our top priority. When an abscond takes place, the offender is recalled, and the Police are notified and are responsible for locating the offender.
We take any breach of licence conditions extremely seriously and offenders who abscond can be sent back to prison.

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