Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 98270
Prison Sentences
Tabled: 8 December 2025
Answered: 16 December 2025
Question
Sarah Pochin
Reform UK — Runcorn and Helsby
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the number of prisoners kept in custody beyond their lawful release dates over the past ten years.
Answer
Jake RichardsRelease inaccuracy is yet 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 errors that do occur, and this includes unlawful detenti...
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