Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many recalls to prison there have been for (a) an adult woman, (b) a young person and (c) an adult man who has been sentenced to a tariff lower than or equal to (i) 6, (ii) 12 , (iii) 18 and (iv) 24 months in each of the last five years.
The length of time which an offender will spend in custody following recall will depend on whether it is a fixed-term or standard recall and on the length of sentence which the offender is serving. Therefore, it is possible to provide only the average annual cost of holding a prisoner, including a recalled prisoner, in custody. The table below sets out that average cost, for the year 2019-20; a more detailed breakdown of costs can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2019-to-2020
Function | Cost per Prisoner per Year |
Male category B Trainer | £29,013 |
Male category C Trainer | £23,975 |
Male dispersal | £47,974 |
Female closed | £34,736 |
Female local | £44,476 |
Female open | £39,199 |
Male closed YOI (ages 18-21) | £50,915 |
Male YOI young people (ages 15-17) | £92,158 |
Male local | £30,532 |
Male open | £21,458 |
All prisons | £28,974 |
The table below sets out the number of recalls over the last five years broken down by sentence length of less than 12 months and 12 months or more as recorded on our data management system. A more detailed breakdown of sentence length is not available.
Number of Recalls by gender, sentence length and age
Recall Year | Sentence Length | Adult Male | Adult Female | Young People |
2015 | Less than 12 months | 4,554 | 434 |
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| 12 months or more | 15,727 | 721 | 31 |
2016 | Less than 12 months | 7,091 | 726 | 1 |
| 12 months or more | 13,069 | 652 | 20 |
2017 | Less than 12 months | 7,839 | 986 |
|
| 12 months or more | 12,417 | 665 | 7 |
2018 | Less than 12 months | 7,933 | 1,044 |
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| 12 months or more | 14,385 | 880 | 26 |
2019 | Less than 12 months | 7,927 | 1,097 |
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| 12 months or more | 16,395 | 1,060 | 24 |
Table notes:
Public protection is our priority. Offenders on licence are subject to strict licence conditions and supervision. When an offender breaches a condition of their licence the Probation Service will undertake a thorough risk assessment to determine whether it is necessary, for the protection of the public, to recall that offender to prison.