Prisoners' Release

Ministry of Justice written question – answered at on 18 October 2024.

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Photo of Edward Argar Edward Argar Shadow Secretary of State for Justice

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released with 40% of sentence served under her Department's early release scheme since 10 September 2024.

Photo of Edward Argar Edward Argar Shadow Secretary of State for Justice

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of the prisoners released at the 40 percent of sentence point under her SDS40 early release scheme, have subsequently been accused of committing a further offence since 20 September 2024.

Photo of Nicholas Dakin Nicholas Dakin Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice

On 25 July, the Lord Chancellor announced that around 5,500 offenders will be released, in two tranches, in September and October. Further detail is set out in the Impact Assessment.

Data on further offences of SDS40 releases forms a subset of data intended for future publication.

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