Question follow-through · 5220
Prisoners' Release: Foreign Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the prisoners released under the early release scheme (a) are foreign nationals and (b) will be deported.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 12 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 18 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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- HMP Ranby: Roads · 24 Jun 2026
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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, how many of the prisoners released under the early release scheme (a) are foreign nationals and (b) will be deported.
12 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Sept 2024
Answer published
We are unable to provide the requested prisoner release figures at this time, as they form a subset of prisoner releases data scheduled for future publication. Numbers of custodial releases for the period covering July 2024 to September 2024 will be publi...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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HMP Ranby: Roads
24 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on road safety outside HM Prison Ranby.