Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 5139

Prisoners' Release

Tabled: 10 September 2024
Answered: 7 October 2024
Named Day

Question

Paula Barker

LabourLiverpool Wavertree

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any prisoners convicted of violent offences are scheduled for early release.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
Certain offences have been excluded from this change. This includes serious violent offences with a sentence of four years or more; specified offences linked to domestic abuse irrespective of sentence length (including stalking, coercive or controlling be...

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