Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 18602

Prisoners' Release

Tabled: 14 July 2026
Answered: 22 July 2026

Question

Sarah Champion

Labour — Rotherham

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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