Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 52490

Domestic Abuse: Prisoners' Release

Tabled: 14 May 2025
Answered: 23 May 2025

Question

Sarah Gibson

Liberal DemocratChippenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of early release schemes on the safety of domestic abuse survivors in Wiltshire.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
This Government inherited prisons days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe.Eligibility under SDS40 is determined by law and we exempted a number of offences from the measure....

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