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Prisoners: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were armed forces veterans on 24 February 2025.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
26 Feb 2025
Answer
27 Feb 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were armed forces veterans on 24 February 2025.

  2. 26 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The most recent available data for the veterans prison population is from the 2024 edition of our annual publication on “Ex-service personnel in the prison population”, which is taken from a snapshot of the prison population on 30 June 2024. Any request f...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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