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Offences against Children: Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders convicted of non-sexual offences against children have been released under early release schemes; and what steps her Department is taking to supervise those offenders.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
19 May 2025
Target answer date
22 May 2025
Answer
22 May 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders convicted of non-sexual offences against children have been released under early release schemes; and what steps her Department is taking to supervise those offenders.

  2. 22 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 May 2025

    Answer published

    This Government inherited prisons days from collapse. We were forced to take decisive action to prevent overcrowding and protect the public. Certain offences have been excluded from the SDS change including sex offences irrespective of sentence length; se...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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