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.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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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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Recorded timeline

  1. 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.

  2. 12 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 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...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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