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Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims to date have been sent letters advising them their perpetrator may be released from prison early as a result of the Sentencing Act 2026, and how many victims his Department expects to contact as

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
8 Jul 2026
Target answer date
13 Jul 2026
Answer
13 Jul 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims to date have been sent letters advising them their perpetrator may be released from prison early as a result of the Sentencing Act 2026, and how many victims his Department expects to contact as

  2. 13 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    This Government inherited a prison system on the brink of collapse, and we are fixing this crisis. Through the introduction of the landmark Sentencing Act, we are ensuring that courts retain the ability to impose custodial sentences on serious and dangero...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Ministry of Justice: Internet

13 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which influencers and content creators his Department has paid to support its campaigns.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prisoners: Religion

13 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide a breakdown of the religion of the prison population by ethnicity for each of the past four years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prisons: Black History Month and LGBT+ People

14 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a list of the events held to celebrate Black History Month and Pride Month in prisons in the past year.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Ministry of Justice: Training

14 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how working hours were spent by civil servants in the Ministry of Justice undertaking agreed staff network leadership roles or carrying out agreed activity requested by the Department in the past six months, and

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Prisoners' Release

8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the additional cost will be, in (a) money, and (b) staff hours, to the Probation Service as a result of the ten tranches of early released prisoners under the Sentencing Act 2026 progression model.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Reoffenders

8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences were released and then recalled to prison because they committed violent or sexual offences, in the last three years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Shoplifting: Sentencing

8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted shoplifters and what percentage of convicted shoplifters avoided an immediate custodial sentence for shoplifting in the past two years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Community Orders

9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many community sentences were breached in the past two years, including how they were breached, what the outcome of the breach was, and how many of those who breached their community sentence were sent to pri

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Youth Custody

9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the risks of holding 18 year-olds for longer in the youth estate.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prisons: Men

9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to repurpose prisons in the female estate to house male prisoners.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sexual Offences: Prisoners' Release

9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether prisoners convicted of buggery under the 1956 Sexual Offences Act are eligible for early release.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Reoffenders

9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide a breakdown of the index offences of serving prisoners who were given Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences and have been recalled to prison.