Question follow-through · 7580
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his department has made of the potential impact of the early releases of offenders on public confidence in the justice system.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 8 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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- Asylum: Appeals · 23 Jun 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
8 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his department has made of the potential impact of the early releases of offenders on public confidence in the justice system.
10 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Jun 2026
Answer published
This Government inherited prisons days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe.Whilst measures like the SDS40 change provided the intended medium-term relief to the system, this ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Asylum: Appeals
23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the total cost to the public purse of (a) translation and (b) interpretation for foreign languages with regards to asylum claim appeals.