Question follow-through · 5142
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what methodology was used to determine a 18 month review period for the new Early Release Scheme.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 7 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 7 Oct 2024 · 27 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
10 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what methodology was used to determine a 18 month review period for the new Early Release Scheme.
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Government inherited a criminal justice system in crisis. Due to ongoing pressures on prison capacity, the Government adjusted the release point for prisoners serving eligible standard determinate sentences (SDS), allowing release after 40% of their s...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Prisoners' Release: Domestic Abuse
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Prisoners' Release: Restraining Orders
4 Oct 2024 · 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.
Prisoners' Release: Domestic Abuse
4 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help protect victims of domestic abuse and violence who are affected by the early release of some prisoners.
Prisoners' Release: National Security
7 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Prison pathfinder meetings are provided with intelligence risk assessments on the release of prisoners that could pose a threat to national security.
Prison Officers: Vacancies
12 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to reduce prison officer vacancies in (a) public prisons and (b) prisons run by contractors.
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