Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 4856

Prisoners' Release

Tabled: 9 September 2024
Answered: 17 September 2024

Question

Andrew Cooper

LabourMid Cheshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making actual bodily harm an excluded offence under SDS40 when being served concurrently with sexual or domestic abuse offences.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
Offenders’ eligibility for Standard Determinate Sentences (SDS40) is determined by each specific sentence. Release provisions for different sentence types and length are fixed by law. This change has amended the automatic release point for standard determ...

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