Prisoners' Release: Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences
Commons · Question 4854 · Tabled 9 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 17 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Andrew Cooper
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact on victims of SDS40 applying to sentences being served concurrently with sentences of sexual or domestic abuse.
Answer
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 17 Sep 2024
Offenders’ eligibility for SDS40 is determined by each specific sentence. Release provisions for different sentence types and length are fixed by law. This change has amended the automatic release point for standard determinate sentences that are not excl...