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Question follow-through · 85419

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released from prison early in error since 5 July 2024.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
30 Oct 2025
Answer
30 Oct 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released from prison early in error since 5 July 2024.

  2. 30 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    Releases in error have been increasing for several years and are another symptom of the prison system crisis inherited by this Government.While the overwhelming majority of offenders are released correctly, we are clamping down on those releases in error ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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