Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 78559
Crimes of Violence: Prisoners' Release
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Lee Anderson
Reform UK — Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has assessed the potential merits of excluding people convicted of violent offences from early parole eligibility.
Answer
Alex Davies-JonesWe have interpreted “early parole” to mean a release direction made by the Parole Board once a prisoner serving a parole-eligible sentence has completed the minimum custodial term (tariff) set at the point of sentence and so becomes eligible for release. ...
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