Question follow-through · 3551
Reoffenders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many recalls to prison there were of people on licence in England and Wales in each of the last ten years for which figures are available; and what plans she has to reduce the number of recalls to prison.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 30 Aug 2024
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 11 Sept 2024 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
30 Aug 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many recalls to prison there were of people on licence in England and Wales in each of the last ten years for which figures are available; and what plans she has to reduce the number of recalls to prison.
3 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2024
Answer published
The number of recalls to custody recorded in the ten years from 2013 to 2023 is provided in the table below.Recall YearNumber of Recalls201417,649201521,467201621,559201721,915201824,268201926,503202024,437202122,105202223,571202327,820The table above sho...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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