Question follow-through · 100342
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of early releases with the principles of justice.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 16 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 23 Dec 2025 · 7 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
16 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of early releases with the principles of justice.
18 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Dec 2025
Answer published
We must ensure that there are always sufficient prison places for dangerous offenders and those who pose a risk to the public. We are building 14,000 prison places and will have more prisoners by the time of the next election than the last. We take every ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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