Prisoners' Release
Commons · Question 4856 · 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, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making actual bodily harm an excluded offence under SDS40 when being served concurrently with sexual or domestic abuse offences.
Answer
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 17 Sep 2024
Offenders’ eligibility for Standard Determinate Sentences (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 determ...