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1728288

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making actual bodily harm an excluded offence under SDS40 when being served concurrently with sexual or domestic abuse offences.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Cheshire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Cooper
	uin	4856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>Offenders’ eligibility for Standard Determinate Sentences (SDS40) is determined by each specific sentence. Release provisions for different sentence types and length are fixed by law. This change has amended the automatic release point for standard determinate sentences that are not excluded. This means that by law, an offender serving multiple sentences could have a mixture of some sentences that are eligible for the 40% release point and others that are not. Someone serving a sentence for an excluded offence will not see their custodial time for that sentence reduced.</p><p> </p><p>Assault occasioning actual bodily harm is excluded where the sentence is four years or more. Other offences have also been excluded from the change, including sex offences irrespective of sentence length; other serious violent offences with a sentence of four years or more; specified offences linked to domestic abuse irrespective of sentence length (including stalking, coercive or controlling behaviour and non-fatal strangulation); as well as offences concerning national security.</p><p> </p><p>Offenders who are eligible for release at the 40% point are subject to a robust risk assessment to manage them safely in the community. This will include checks with partners from other agencies, such as the police. Once released, offenders will be subject to the same set of strict licence conditions that would apply had they been release at a 50% automatic release point, for example to prohibit the offender from having contact with named persons, such as the victim or victim’s family, or to impose exclusion zones to prevent the offender from going to specified places.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 17/09/2024 13:42:30 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
	tabling member	5195

1727103

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to ensure that people on early prison release have (a) housing, (b) employment and (c) sufficient probation provision to support them.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	3999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>Individuals released through the Standard Determinate Sentence changes, known as SDS40, and at risk of homelessness can be referred to HMPPS’s Community Accommodation Service Tier 3 (CAS3), which can provide up to 12-weeks temporary accommodation. We are working closely with the Ministry of Housing, Communities &amp; Local Government and the Welsh Government to mitigate any impact on Local Authorities, as well as taking practical steps to minimise the chances that individuals are released homeless. This includes ensuring data is shared with the 49 Strategic Housing Specialists based in prisons and the Probation-based Homeless Prevention Teams to make sure plans are in place for those who need accommodation support.</p><p>We are also working closely with the Department of Work and Pensions to ensure that prisons and Jobcentres are prepared to support temporarily higher volumes of prisoners approaching release. We will collectively ensure that relevant staff in prisons and Jobcentres have the right data on prisoners who are being released and will provide guidance and regular communications to those staff, so they are aware of what actions to take. This will ensure that prisoners are supported on release in the community with provision of bank accounts and ID, referrals to work programmes on release, arranging employment pre-release, and timely access to benefits where appropriate.</p><p>It is vital there is sufficient probation capacity to manage these individuals upon release. The move to SDS40 gives probation staff more time to prepare and plan for release, compared to the previous government’s End of Supervised Licence Scheme meaning there will be more resilience in the system. We are also onboarding 1,000 new trainee probation officers by March 2025.</p><p>Once released, offenders will be subject to the same set of strict licence conditions that would apply had they been released at a 50% automatic release point and will be liable to recall to prison if they do not comply with these conditions or are judged to be a risk to public safety. These could include electronic monitoring, alcohol tags, and exclusion zones.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 11/09/2024 16:05:01 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1723096

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many prisoners, listed by prison and category of prisoner, have been released early as part of their measures to address prison overcrowding.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
	uin	HL262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2024 answer text <p>We are constantly monitoring the use of End of Custody Supervised Licence (ECSL) and its impact.</p><p>ECSL was implemented in October 2023. Since its operation, the number of ECSL releases between 17 October 2023 and 30 June 2024 was 10,083. Further information on ECSL data is intended for future publication in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson question first answered 05/08/2024 10:10:57 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
	tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1722607

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners released between October 2023 and June 2024 under the End of Custody Supervised License scheme were subsequently recalled to prison.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>We are constantly monitoring the use of End of Custody Supervised Licence (ECSL) and its impact.</p><p> </p><p>ECSL was implemented in October 2023. Since its operation, the number of ECSL releases between 17 October 2023 and 30 June 2024 was 10,083.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost, because it would require the linkage and reconciliation of multiple administrative datasets.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 25/07/2024 16:27:28 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1718841

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people released on an End of Custody Supervised Licence were subsequently (a) recalled back to prison and (b) subject to a Death Under Supervision Review in each month since October 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
	uin	26793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>End of Custody Supervised Licence (ECSL) began in October 2023. Analysis of its use will be based on at least one year’s worth of data and published in line with the same approach we take for other statistical releases such as deaths of offenders in the community.</p><p> </p><p>The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) carries out independent investigations into complaints and deaths in custody. This includes deaths of recently released prisoners that occur within 14 days of release from prison (except homicide).</p><p> </p><p>Fatal Incident reports are published on the PPO website - <a href="https://ppo.gov.uk/document/fii-report/" target="_blank">Fatal Incident reports | Document Types | Prisons &amp; Probation Ombudsman (ppo.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/05/2024 13:38:40 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1718844

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people released on an end of custody supervised licence were subject to a serious further offence review in each month since October 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
	uin	26796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>End of Custody Supervised Licence (ECSL) began in October 2023. Analysis of its use will be based on at least one year’s worth of data and published in line with the same approach we take for other statistical releases such as deaths of offenders in the community.</p><p> </p><p>Figures on the number of serious further offence (SFO) reviews for 2023/24 will be published in October 2024. Figures will be accessible using the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/proven-reoffending-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/proven-reoffending-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/05/2024 13:41:24 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1718846

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests were completed by frontline HM Prison and Probation Service staff for prisoners to be exempted from the End of Custody Supervised Licence scheme in each month since October 2023; and how many and what proportion of these requests were granted by senior HM Prison and Probation Service managers.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
	uin	26798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>End of Custody Supervised Licence began in October 2023. Analysis of its use will be based on at least one year’s worth of data, and published in line with the same approach we take for other statistical releases such as deaths of offenders in the community.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/05/2024 14:49:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1718336

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice on 14 May 2024, Official Report, column 119, whether a decision by a Governor to block the early release of a prisoner under the End of Custody Supervised License scheme can be overruled by HM Prison and Probation Service.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	26482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>It remains at the discretion of the prison service to prevent the End of Custody Supervised Licence release of any prisoners where releasing an offender earlier presents a heightened risk than if they were released at their automatic release date. A panel formed of HMPPS senior leaders take decisions over exclusions following advice from prison and probation staff.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/05/2024 11:07:37 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1718373

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prisoners serving an imprisonment for public protection and (b) other prisoners have been released on compassionate grounds in each year since 2005.
	tabling member constituency	Blackburn
	tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
	uin	26473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>We have taken significant action through the Victim’s and Prisoner Bill to curtail IPP licence periods to give offenders the opportunity to move on with their lives. In addition to these changes, the actions this Government is taking are working: the number of prisoners serving the IPP sentence who have never been released now stands at 1,180 as of 31 March, down from more than 6,000 in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State has a statutory power to grant the early release of prisoners serving a sentence or term of imprisonment in custody on compassionate grounds. The power is used in exceptional circumstances only and in accordance with the HMPPS the Early Release on Compassionate Grounds Policy Framework.</p><p> </p><p>Early release on compassionate grounds may, for example, be considered for terminally ill prisoners with a diagnosis of limited time left to live, and where there is medical advice that their end-of-life palliative care needs would be better met in a hospice. Compassionate release of such individuals is only approved if a risk assessment confirms they are safe to release.</p><p> </p><p>The table shows the number of prisoners released early on compassionate grounds from 2010 to 2023. Data prior to 2010 is not available in a useable format and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>IPP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Other</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li>Please note that data for 2024 has not been provided as it is a subset of data which are due for future publication as part of Offender Management Statistics Quarterly.</li><li>The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/05/2024 13:18:13 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

1718450

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released 18 days early under the end of custody supervised licence scheme since October 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	26514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>End of Custody Supervised Licence began in October 2023. Analysis of its use will be based on at least one year’s worth of data, and published in line with the same approach we take for other statistical releases such as deaths of offenders in the community</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 26515 26516 question first answered 20/05/2024 11:09:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens