Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 6628

Prisoners' Release: Restraining Orders

Tabled: 4 October 2024

Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Paula Barker

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason each prisoner who was released under the revised terms of the early release scheme and had previously breached a restraining order was released.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

Certain offences are excluded from the SDS40 change. Exclusions included the Breach of Restraining Order (BoRO) offence under Section 363 of the Sentencing Act 2020.This offence replaced an older offence in Section 5 of the Protection from Harassment Act ...

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