Sexual Offences: Prisoners' Release
Commons · Question 23460 · Tabled 13 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Alicia Kearns
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any offenders convicted of gang rape have been released early from prison in the last six months.
Answer
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 16 Jan 2025
There is no single offence for gang rape defined in legislation.All sex offences are automatically excluded from the SDS40 scheme.