Written questions

Prisoners' Release: Women

Commons · Question 27502 · 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 women were recalled to custody, where not involving a further offence, in (a) Wales and (b) England 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We have interpreted the requests to mean the number of occasions in 2025 on which an offender’s licence was revoked that did not involve a charge of further offence.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...