Justice Secretary David Lammy has revealed there have been 12 accidental prisoner releases since November, with two inmates still at large.

Earlier data showed 91 accidental releases took place between April 1 and October 31 this year.

Speaking on BBC Breakfast on Tuesday, Lammy said: “I said to Parliament a few weeks ago, I released data at that point, and there had been 91 releases in error up to that point.

“There have been 12 since then, two are currently at large.”

He said he was “pleased that the trend is downwards” after introducing improvements to the system.

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