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Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason the first two tranches of the early release scheme are scheduled to take place in October.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
4 Sept 2026
Target answer date
8 Sept 2026
Answer
14 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Sept 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason the first two tranches of the early release scheme are scheduled to take place in October.

  2. 8 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor have listened to concerns about the implementation of important elements of the Sentencing Act. They subsequently took the decision to pause implementation of the progression model to ensure that two crucial things a...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.

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