Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 18603

Prisoners' Release

Tabled: 14 July 2026
Answered: 22 July 2026

Question

Sarah Champion

LabourRotherham

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential risk to victims of (a) domestic abuse-related offences, (b) sexual offences and (c) child sexual offences arising from the reduction of automatic release p

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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