Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 4224

Prisoners' Release: Housing

Tabled: 4 September 2024
Answered: 13 September 2024

Question

Edward Argar

ConservativeMelton and Syston

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of prisoners who will be released having served 40% of their sentences who will not have stable accommodation to be released to.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
Individuals released through the Standard Determinate Sentence changes, known as SDS40, and at risk of homelessness can be referred to HMPPS’s Community Accommodation Service, which can provide up to 12-weeks temporary accommodation.The Chief Probation Of...

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