Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 78557

Prisoners' Release

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Parole Board on the involvement of victims in early parole release decisions.

Answer

Alex Davies-Jones

We have interpreted “early parole” to mean a release direction made by the Parole Board once a prisoner serving a parole-eligible sentence has completed the minimum custodial term (tariff) set at the point of sentence and so becomes eligible for release.I...

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