Victoria Atkins corrected a written answer on Prisoners' Release: Wales

4 July 2022 · Commons written answer · Ministry of Justice

Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru, Dwyfor Meirionnydd) asked written question 13795 on 7 June 2022. Victoria Atkins answered on 14 June 2022 for the Ministry of Justice, and Victoria Atkins corrected the answer on 4 July 2022. The corrected text adds the figures 1032, 116, 148, 158, 169, 225, which the original did not give. Altogether 719 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison leavers in (a) 2020 and (b) 2021 had an origin address in Wales, by prison establishment.

Original and corrected answer

Struck through: original only. Bold: correction only.

Original	Corrected
~~The information we hold about prisoners’ origin address is not uniform and, in some cases, is incomplete – for example~~ where the ~~prisoner~~ was ~~homeless before going into custody. We need~~ to ~~hold~~ information ~~about prisoners’ addresses at local level, but we have not identified a requirement~~ to ~~collate it centrally. It could not therefore be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.~~ \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|	Please note that where the number released from an establishment was 5 or fewer, the specific figure has not been given, in order to avoid the risk of identifying individuals. The numerical information provided has been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible error with data entry and processing. The available information is shown in the table below. Prison Name \| 2020 \| 2021 Altcourse \| 75 \| ≤5 Ashfield \| 9 \| Askham Grange \| ≤5 \| Belmarsh \| ≤5 \| Berwyn \| 538 \| 116 Birmingham \| 7 \| Brinsford \| ≤5 \| Bristol \| 11 \| ≤5 Brixton \| ≤5 \| Bronzefield \| ≤5 \| Bullingdon \| ≤5 \| Cardiff \| 1032 \| 169 Channings Wood \| ≤5 \| ≤5 Chelmsford \| ≤5 \| Coldingley \| ≤5 \| Dartmoor \| ≤5 \| Deerbolt \| ≤5 \| Doncaster \| ≤5 \| ≤5 Dovegate \| ≤5 \| Downview \| 7 \| Drake Hall \| 10 \| ≤5 Eastwood Park \| 225 \| 38 Elmley \| ≤5 \| Erlestoke \| ≤5 \| Exeter \| ≤5 \| ≤5 Featherstone \| ≤5 \| Feltham \| ≤5 \| Ford \| ≤5 \| Forest Bank \| 6 \| ≤5 Foston Hall \| ≤5 \| Garth \| ≤5 \| Guys Marsh \| ≤5 \| Haverigg \| ≤5 \| ≤5 Hewell \| 11 \| 6 High Down \| ≤5 \| Hindley \| 10 \| ≤5 Hollesley Bay \| ≤5 \| Holme House \| ≤5 \| Hull \| ≤5 \| ≤5 Humber \| ≤5 \| ≤5 Huntercombe \| 9 \| ≤5 Isis \| \| ≤5 Kirkham \| 27 \| 7 Lancaster Farms \| ≤5 \| ≤5 Leeds \| ≤5 \| Lewes \| ≤5 \| ≤5 Leyhill \| 17 \| ≤5 Lincoln \| ≤5 \| Lindholme \| ≤5 \| Littlehey \| \| ≤5 Liverpool \| ≤5 \| Low Newton \| ≤5 \| Lowdham Grange \| ≤5 \| Maidstone \| ≤5 \| Moorland \| ≤5 \| Mount \| ≤5 \| New Hall \| ≤5 \| North Sea Camp \| 7 \| Northumberland \| ≤5 \| Nottingham \| \| ≤5 Oakwood \| 20 \| ≤5 Parc \| 619 \| 158 Pentonville \| 11 \| Peterborough \| ≤5 \| Peterborough (female) \| ≤5 \| Portland \| 6 \| ≤5 Prescoed \| 148 \| 30 Preston \| ≤5 \| ≤5 Ranby \| ≤5 \| ≤5 Risley \| 20 \| ≤5 Rochester \| ≤5 \| Rye Hill \| ≤5 \| Send \| ≤5 \| ≤5 Spring Hill \| ≤5 \| Stafford \| 22 \| 6 Stoke Heath \| 28 \| ≤5 Styal \| 54 \| ≤5 Sudbury \| ≤5 \| Swansea \| 670 \| 93 Swinfen Hall \| ≤5 \| ≤5 Thameside \| ≤5 \| Thorn Cross \| 13 \| ≤5 Usk \| 66 \| 15 Verne \| ≤5 \| ≤5 Wandsworth \| ≤5 \| Warren Hill \| \| ≤5 Wayland \| ≤5 \| ≤5 Wealstun \| ≤5 \| Werrington \| ≤5 \| ≤5 Wetherby \| ≤5 \| Whatton \| 7 \| ≤5 Winchester \| ≤5 \| Woodhill \| ≤5 \| Wormwood Scrubs \| ≤5 \| Wymott \| 10 \|

Original

Corrected

~~The information we hold about prisoners’ origin address is not uniform and, in some cases, is incomplete – for example~~ where the ~~prisoner~~ was ~~homeless before going into custody. We need~~ to ~~hold~~ information ~~about prisoners’ addresses at local level, but we have not identified a requirement~~ to ~~collate it centrally. It could not therefore be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.~~
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Please note that where the number released from an establishment was 5 or fewer, the specific figure has not been given, in order to avoid the risk of identifying individuals.
The numerical information provided has been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible error with data entry and processing.
The available information is shown in the table below.
Prison Name
| 2020
| 2021
Altcourse
| 75
| ≤5
Ashfield
| 9
|
Askham Grange
| ≤5
|
Belmarsh
| ≤5
|
Berwyn
| 538
| 116
Birmingham
| 7
|
Brinsford
| ≤5
|
Bristol
| 11
| ≤5
Brixton
| ≤5
|
Bronzefield
| ≤5
|
Bullingdon
| ≤5
|
Cardiff
| 1032
| 169
Channings Wood
| ≤5
| ≤5
Chelmsford
| ≤5
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Coldingley
| ≤5
|
Dartmoor
| ≤5
|
Deerbolt
| ≤5
|
Doncaster
| ≤5
| ≤5
Dovegate
| ≤5
|
Downview
| 7
|
Drake Hall
| 10
| ≤5
Eastwood Park
| 225
| 38
Elmley
| ≤5
|
Erlestoke
| ≤5
|
Exeter
| ≤5
| ≤5
Featherstone
| ≤5
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Feltham
| ≤5
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Ford
| ≤5
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Forest Bank
| 6
| ≤5
Foston Hall
| ≤5
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Garth
| ≤5
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Guys Marsh
| ≤5
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Haverigg
| ≤5
| ≤5
Hewell
| 11
| 6
High Down
| ≤5
|
Hindley
| 10
| ≤5
Hollesley Bay
| ≤5
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Holme House
| ≤5
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Hull
| ≤5
| ≤5
Humber
| ≤5
| ≤5
Huntercombe
| 9
| ≤5
Isis
|
| ≤5
Kirkham
| 27
| 7
Lancaster Farms
| ≤5
| ≤5
Leeds
| ≤5
|
Lewes
| ≤5
| ≤5
Leyhill
| 17
| ≤5
Lincoln
| ≤5
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Lindholme
| ≤5
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Littlehey
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| ≤5
Liverpool
| ≤5
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Low Newton
| ≤5
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Lowdham Grange
| ≤5
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Maidstone
| ≤5
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Moorland
| ≤5
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Mount
| ≤5
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New Hall
| ≤5
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North Sea Camp
| 7
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Northumberland
| ≤5
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Nottingham
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| ≤5
Oakwood
| 20
| ≤5
Parc
| 619
| 158
Pentonville
| 11
|
Peterborough
| ≤5
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Peterborough (female)
| ≤5
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Portland
| 6
| ≤5
Prescoed
| 148
| 30
Preston
| ≤5
| ≤5
Ranby
| ≤5
| ≤5
Risley
| 20
| ≤5
Rochester
| ≤5
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Rye Hill
| ≤5
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Send
| ≤5
| ≤5
Spring Hill
| ≤5
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Stafford
| 22
| 6
Stoke Heath
| 28
| ≤5
Styal
| 54
| ≤5
Sudbury
| ≤5
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Swansea
| 670
| 93
Swinfen Hall
| ≤5
| ≤5
Thameside
| ≤5
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Thorn Cross
| 13
| ≤5
Usk
| 66
| 15
Verne
| ≤5
| ≤5
Wandsworth
| ≤5
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Warren Hill
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| ≤5
Wayland
| ≤5
| ≤5
Wealstun
| ≤5
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Werrington
| ≤5
| ≤5
Wetherby
| ≤5
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Whatton
| 7
| ≤5
Winchester
| ≤5
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Woodhill
| ≤5
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Wormwood Scrubs
| ≤5
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Wymott
| 10
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Date read	15 October 2026
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