Question follow-through · 107922
Prisoners' Release: Mothers and Pregnancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed change to standard recall length, from the current 28 days to 56 days, on pregnant women and mothers of dependent children.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 22 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 29 Jan 2026 · 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
22 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed change to standard recall length, from the current 28 days to 56 days, on pregnant women and mothers of dependent children.
26 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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29 Jan 2026
Answer published
Recall is a last resort for cases where risk in the community becomes unmanageable.The Department published an Equalities Impact Statement alongside the Sentencing Act, which can be found here: Sentencing Bill equalities statement.It was assessed that the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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