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Probation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the probation service has the capacity to cope with recent increases in prisoner releases.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
4 Sept 2024
Target answer date
9 Sept 2024
Answer
13 Sept 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the probation service has the capacity to cope with recent increases in prisoner releases.

  2. 9 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    Probation staff do an extraordinary job in extremely challenging circumstances.The eight weeks since the Lord Chancellor’s announcement of prisoner release under SDS40 has given the Probation Service more time to prepare than a release on the previous Gov...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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