Question follow-through · 52488

Domestic Abuse: Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who (a) have been convicted of offences related to domestic abuse in Wiltshire and (b) may be eligible for early release; and what steps her Departmen

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Answering body: Ministry of Justice
Tabled: 14 May 2025
Target answer date: 16 May 2025
Answer: 23 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026

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14 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who (a) have been convicted of offences related to domestic abuse in Wiltshire and (b) may be eligible for early release; and what steps her Departmen
16 May 2025
Target answer date
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23 May 2025
Answer published
This Government inherited prisons days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe.Eligibility under SDS40 is determined by law and we exempted a number of offences from the measure....

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