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Hadush Kebatu

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the total cost to the public purse of the operation to (a) locate and (b) re-apprehend Hadush Kebatu following his release from custody.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
28 Oct 2025
Target answer date
3 Nov 2025
Answer
3 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the total cost to the public purse of the operation to (a) locate and (b) re-apprehend Hadush Kebatu following his release from custody.

  2. 3 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Nov 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 ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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