Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 85776

Hadush Kebatu

Tabled: 28 October 2025
Answered: 3 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Robert Jenrick

Reform UKNewark

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the total cost to the public purse of the operation to (a) locate and (b) re-apprehend Hadush Kebatu following his release from custody.

Answer

Jake Richards
Releases in error have been increasing for several years and are another symptom of the prison system crisis inherited by this Government.While the overwhelming majority of offenders are released correctly, we are clamping down on those releases in error ...

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