Question follow-through · 88328
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of defendants over the age of 18 who have been remanded by the police are released by the court at the first hearing on (a) sentence, (b) bail and (c) for other reasons.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 5 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 13 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
5 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of defendants over the age of 18 who have been remanded by the police are released by the court at the first hearing on (a) sentence, (b) bail and (c) for other reasons.
11 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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13 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Ministry of Justice publishes data on pre court remands at criminal courts in England and Wales in the Remands data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal Justice Statistics.However, data held cen...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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