Offences against Children: Prisoners' Release
Commons · Question 23878 · Tabled 14 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Alicia Kearns
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any offenders who were convicted of child sexual abuse have been released early from prison since 5 July 2024.
Answer
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 17 Jan 2025
Sex offences were automatically excluded from both the End of Custody Supervised Licence Scheme which ceased on 9 September 2024 and from the current SDS40 scheme.