Question follow-through · 53766
Domestic Abuse: Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an estimate of the number of domestic abuse offenders who would be included in the Early Release Scheme.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 20 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 May 2025
- Answer
- 28 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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- Vetting · 20 Feb 2026
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- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an estimate of the number of domestic abuse offenders who would be included in the Early Release Scheme.
22 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 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. On 10 September 2024, the Government therefore took the unavoidable step to move the release point...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Vetting
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the use of enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks in roles where such checks are not legally required on (a) access to employment and (b) reoffendi