Oral Question·Ministry of Justice
“What estimate he has made of the number of prisoners released in error since July 2024.”
Tabled: 13 May 2026Answered: 19 May 2026
Asked by
James Wild
Conservative — North West Norfolk
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Justice
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Jake Richards)
The Government are committed to transparency on this issue. We publish data on releases in error each July in the HM Prison and Probation Service annual digest. On 15 April we also published ad hoc data for April 2025 to March 2026, alongside Dame Lynne Owens’ independent review and the Government’s response, accepting, in principle, all the recommendations.