Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 8144

Prisoners' Release

Tabled: 9 October 2024

Answered: 18 October 2024

Question

Edward Argar

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released with 40% of sentence served under her Department's early release scheme since 10 September 2024.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

On 25 July, the Lord Chancellor announced that around 5,500 offenders will be released, in two tranches, in September and October. Further detail is set out in the Impact Assessment.Data on further offences of SDS40 releases forms a subset of data intende...

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