Question follow-through · 6824
Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were in prison on recall on 30 April 2026.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 4 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 12 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
4 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were in prison on recall on 30 April 2026.
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jun 2026
Answer published
The power to recall is a vital public protection measure. Where an offender serving an IPP sentence is recalled to custody, it is because the Probation Service has assessed that the offender’s risk has escalated to the point where the offender may no long...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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