Question follow-through · 14581
HMP Channings Wood: Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners convicted of sexual offences have been released from Channing's Wood prison under the early release scheme since July 2024.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 30 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Justice and policing
- Ministry of Justice: Databases · 14 Sept 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
30 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners convicted of sexual offences have been released from Channing's Wood prison under the early release scheme since July 2024.
2 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jul 2026
Answer published
Data on SDS40 is published transparently and can be broken down by prison rather than offence (partly because many offenders have more than one offence). Table 8 provides data on HMP Channing’s Wood: Standard Determinate Sentence (SDS40) release data: Oct...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Ministry of Justice: Databases
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Ministry of Justice: Databases
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