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Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the roll out of the early prison release scheme.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
14 Oct 2024
Target answer date
16 Oct 2024
Answer
23 Oct 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the roll out of the early prison release scheme.

  2. 16 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    SDS40 is a necessary measure to avoid the collapse of the Criminal Justice System. In designing the measure, we took every possible step to mitigate risk including an 8-week implementation period, clear offence exclusions, and a huge amount of collaborati...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Offenders: Paedophilia

25 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of convicted paedophiles that upon the end of their sentence have lived within one mile of a school or park in each of the last five years.

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Offenders: Paedophilia

25 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of convicted paedophiles that upon the end of their sentence have lived within five miles of a school or park in each of the last five years.

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Offenders: Paedophilia

25 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a ban on convicted paedophiles living within a five-mile radius of a school of park.

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Pre-sentence Reports

6 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will overrule changes to sentencing guidance which will place greater emphasis on pre-sentence reports.

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24 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost was of providing legal aid to asylum seekers in the last year.

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Ministry of Justice: Translation Services

24 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost was of providing translation services in her Department in the last year.

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Ministry of Justice: Equality

24 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what diversity, equality and inclusion targets her Department has for staff recruitment.

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Ministry of Justice: Equality

27 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what diversity, equality and inclusion targets her Department has for staff recruitment.

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Prisoners' Release: Nottinghamshire

7 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released from Nottinghamshire prisons as part of the early release scheme since July 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

HM Prison Service: Recruitment

17 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people applied to join the Prison Service by nationality in the latest period for which data is available.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

HM Prison Service: Recruitment

17 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were assessed for a role in the Prison Service by nationality in the latest period for which data is available.