Question follow-through · 99996
Brian Nelson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she would publish the (a) dates and (b) names of the institutions in which Brian Nelson served his sentence after his conviction in 1974.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 15 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 12 Jan 2026 · 28 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she would publish the (a) dates and (b) names of the institutions in which Brian Nelson served his sentence after his conviction in 1974.
17 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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12 Jan 2026
Answer published
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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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