Question follow-through · 11206
Prisoners' Release: Reoffenders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners released under the early release scheme have been rearrested since September 2024.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 25 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 29 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 5 Nov 2024 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Justice and policing
- Shoplifting: Great Yarmouth · 30 Oct 2024
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- Prisoners' Release: Foreign Nationals · 31 Oct 2024
- Reoffenders: Foreign Nationals · 31 Oct 2024
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners released under the early release scheme have been rearrested since September 2024.
29 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Nov 2024
Answer published
Reoffending rates are published regularly on an annual and quarterly basis. The most recent rates are available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/proven-reoffending-statistics.Prisoners released on SDS40 will be subject to l...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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