Written questions

Prisoners' Release

Commons · Question 78558 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been granted early parole in each of the last five years; and how many prisoners granted early parole subsequently committed (a) violent and (b) sexual offences in each of the last five ye

Answer

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 20 Oct 2025

We have interpreted “early parole” to mean a release direction made by the Parole Board once a prisoner serving a parole-eligible sentence has completed the minimum custodial term (tariff) set at the point of sentence and so becomes eligible for release.T...