Question follow-through · 91970
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, under what powers his Department waived rules against the release of prisoners on Friday.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 24 Nov 2025 · 6 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
18 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, under what powers his Department waived rules against the release of prisoners on Friday.
24 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Act 2023 was introduced in June 2023, enabling offenders who are at risk of reoffending to be released up to two days earlier, where a release date falls on a Friday or before a bank holiday. The Friday Releas...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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