Question follow-through · 23328
Offences against Children: Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any offenders convicted of a grooming gang offence were released under the SDS40.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 13 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 16 Jan 2025 · 3 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
13 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any offenders convicted of a grooming gang offence were released under the SDS40.
16 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jan 2025
Answer published
There is no single ‘grooming gang’ offence defined in legislation.All sex offences are automatically excluded from SDS40.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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