Twelve more prisoners have been mistakenly freed in the past month and two are still at large, David Lammy has said.

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

Speaking to broadcasters on Tuesday morning, the Justice Secretary said 12 inmates had been freed in error since he last gave a statement to the Commons on November 11.

He said he had been “reassured” that the two prisoners still missing are not violent or sexual offenders, but refused to give further details about them.

“I’m not going to give details of those cases, because these are operational decisions made by the police, and you’ll understand if they’re about to arrest somebody they don’t want me to blow the cover,” he told ITV’s Good Morning Britain.

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