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Prisoners' Release: Curfews

Commons · Question 66141 · Tabled 9 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 17 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Damian Hinds

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prisoners eligible for release from prison on home detention curfew were released on home detention curfew (a) in the first month of eligibility and (b) at any time in each of the last three ye

Answer

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 17 Jul 2025

The number of those released on home detention curfew (HDC) within 30 days of their HDC Eligibility Date in the latest published data period (between 01 October and 31 December 2024) in England and Wales was 2,827.The number of those released on HDC each ...