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Crimes of Violence: Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any offenders who were convicted of actual bodily harm have been released early from prison since 5 July 2024.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
24 Feb 2025
Answer
3 Mar 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any offenders who were convicted of actual bodily harm have been released early from prison since 5 July 2024.

  2. 24 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Sentences for serious violent offences, such as ABH, of 4 years or more are excluded from SDS40. Shorter ABH sentences are eligible for release under SDS40. This was also the case for ECSL under the previous Government.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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