Prisoners
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...