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Commons · Question 85902 · Tabled 28 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 5 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by James Wild

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prisoners detained beyond their release date in 2024-25.

Answer

Answered by Jake Richards, 5 Nov 2025

Release inaccuracy is yet another symptom of the prison system crisis inherited by this Government. While the overwhelming majority of offenders are released correctly, we are clamping down on those errors that do occur, and this includes unlawful detenti...