Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 23460

Sexual Offences: Prisoners' Release

Tabled: 13 January 2025

Answered: 16 January 2025

Named Day

Question

Alicia Kearns

Conservative — Rutland and Stamford

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any offenders convicted of gang rape have been released early from prison in the last six months.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

There is no single offence for gang rape defined in legislation.All sex offences are automatically excluded from the SDS40 scheme.