Written questions

Prisoners' Release

Commons · Question 78560 · 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, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of early parole release decisions on (a) victim wellbeing and (b) public confidence in the criminal justice system.

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. ...