Question follow-through · 9978
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released early under emergency release schemes in each of the last five years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 15 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 17 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 24 Jun 2026 · 9 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
15 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released early under emergency release schemes in each of the last five years.
17 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 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.Without the changes this Government made, courts would have had to halt trials, and the police canc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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