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Question follow-through · 90201

Prisoners' Release: Crimes of Violence and Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners accidentally released since 1 April 2025 have a history of (a) violent and (b) sexual offending.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
12 Nov 2025
Target answer date
17 Nov 2025
Answer
17 Nov 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners accidentally released since 1 April 2025 have a history of (a) violent and (b) sexual offending.

  2. 17 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 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 ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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