Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 78558
Prisoners' Release
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Lee Anderson
Reform UK — Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been granted early parole in each of the last five years; and how many prisoners granted early parole subsequently committed (a) violent and (b) sexual offences in each of the last five ye
Answer
Alex Davies-JonesWe 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.T...
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