Prisoners' Release: Reoffenders
Commons · Question 27501 · Tabled 7 Sep 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 15 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Liz Saville Roberts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were received back into custody for breach of post-release licence, excluding those returned to custody for the commission of a further offence, in (a) England and (b) Wales in 2025.
Answer
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 15 Sep 2026
We have interpreted the requests to mean the number of occasions in 2025 on which an offender’s licence was revoked that did not involve a charge of further offence. Offenders whose licence is revoked are not always immediately returned to custody. The nu...