Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 18602

Prisoners' Release

Tabled: 14 July 2026
Answered: 22 July 2026

Question

Sarah Champion

LabourRotherham

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of prisoners serving standard determinate sentences for (a) domestic abuse-related offences, (b) sexual offences and (c) child sexual offences who are eligible

Answer

Sarah Sackman
First, I would like to express my sincere sympathy with all victims of these appalling crimes. This Government inherited a prisons system days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public ...

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