Offences against Children: Prisoners' Release
Commons · Question 17235 · Tabled 8 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 23 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Joshua Reynolds
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders convicted of child rape or other serious sexual offences against children have been released early under Government early-release schemes since their introduction; how many of these offenders w
Answer
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 23 Jul 2026
Data on SDS40 is published transparently and can be broken down by prison rather than constituency or offence (partly because many offenders have more than one offence). Table 8 provides data on SDS40 releases by prison: Standard Determinate Sentence (SDS...