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1736182

registered interest
date	22/10/2024
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, on what date the last of the prisoners who were released in error in September 2024 under the SDS40 early release scheme returned to prison.
tabling member constituency	Melton and Syston
tabling member printed	Edward Argar
uin	10449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>All of the 37 people released in error, because of being incorrectly sentenced for breaching restraining orders under outdated legislation, were returned to custody.</p><p>The last of the 37 prisoners was returned to custody on 28 September 2024.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 28/10/2024 17:29:58 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar

1734668

registered interest
date	16/10/2024
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 recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of recent changes to the early release scheme.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	9456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2024 answer text <p>SDS40 is a necessary measure to avoid the collapse of the Criminal Justice System. In designing the measure, we took every possible step to mitigate risk including an 8-week implementation period, clear offence exclusions, and a huge amount of collaboration with partners across the Criminal Justice System.</p><p>Once released, offenders will be closely monitored by probation and subject to strict licence conditions, which if breached could lead to their immediate recall to prison.</p><p>Following the first tranche of SDS40 releases that took place on 10 September, the Ministry of Justice and His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service have consulted our frontline and cross government partners on how things went. Following the release of prisoners under Tranche 1 on 10 September 2024 and Tranche 2 on 22 October, we are determined to continue to take every step possible to bring the prisons system under control, reduce reoffending and to keep the public safe.</p><p>As the Lord Chancellor has previously announced, the change will be reviewed in 18 months.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 24/10/2024 15:50:33 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1733903

registered interest
date	14/10/2024
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 assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the roll out of the early prison release scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
uin	8863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2024 answer text <p>SDS40 is a necessary measure to avoid the collapse of the Criminal Justice System. In designing the measure, we took every possible step to mitigate risk including an 8-week implementation period, clear offence exclusions, and a huge amount of collaboration with partners across the Criminal Justice System. Once released offender will be subject to strict licence conditions and face being immediately recalled to prison should they breach those conditions.</p><p>Following the first tranche of SDS40 releases that took place on 10 September, the Ministry of Justice and His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service have consulted our frontline and cross government partners on how things went. Following the release of prisoners under Tranche 1 on 10 September and Tranche 2 on 22 Octoberr, we are determined to continue to take every step possible to bring the prisons system under control, reduce reoffending and to keep the public safe.</p><p>As the Lord Chancellor has previously announced, the change will be reviewed in 18 months.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 23/10/2024 10:31:39 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1732884

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
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 have been released in error under her Department's early release scheme since 10 September 2024.
tabling member constituency	Melton and Syston
tabling member printed	Edward Argar
uin	8143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>All of the 37 people released in error because of being incorrectly sentenced for breaching restraining orders under outdated legislation are now back in custody.</p><p>Data on releases in error since 10 September 2024 forms a subset of data intended for future publication.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 18/10/2024 13:03:55 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar

1732886

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
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 have been released with 40% of sentence served under her Department's early release scheme since 10 September 2024.
tabling member constituency	Melton and Syston
tabling member printed	Edward Argar
uin	8144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>On 25 July, the Lord Chancellor announced that around 5,500 offenders will be released, in two tranches, in September and October. Further detail is set out in the Impact Assessment.</p><p>Data on further offences of SDS40 releases forms a subset of data intended for future publication.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin grouped question UIN 8146 question first answered 18/10/2024 13:05:13 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar

1732887

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
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 at 40% of sentence point under her Department's early release scheme have been recalled to prison since 10 September 2024.
tabling member constituency	Melton and Syston
tabling member printed	Edward Argar
uin	8145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>Data on SDS40 releases, including number of recalls, forms a subset of data intended for future publication.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 18/10/2024 13:07:07 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar

1732892

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
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 the prisoners released at the 40 percent of sentence point under her SDS40 early release scheme, have subsequently been accused of committing a further offence since 20 September 2024.
tabling member constituency	Melton and Syston
tabling member printed	Edward Argar
uin	8146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>On 25 July, the Lord Chancellor announced that around 5,500 offenders will be released, in two tranches, in September and October. Further detail is set out in the Impact Assessment.</p><p>Data on further offences of SDS40 releases forms a subset of data intended for future publication.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin grouped question UIN 8144 question first answered 18/10/2024 13:05:13 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar

1730399

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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 offenders have been released as a result of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods) Order 2024 on each day since that Order came into effect; and how many and what proportion of those offenders have (a) re-offended and (b) been returned to custody.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	6180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2024 answer text <p>As set out in the Statutory Instrument to Amend the Standard Determinate Sentence Automatic Release Point Impact Assessment published on 17 July 2024, prison population and release figures are monitored and published as part of the Offender Management Statistics: <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2024/117/pdfs/ukia_20240117_en.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2024/117/pdfs/ukia_20240117_en.pdf</a>.</p><p>Data on SDS40 releases forms a subset of data intended for future publication.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 16/10/2024 13:18:12 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1730400

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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, if she will publish a daily update on the (a) number of offenders released early as a consequence of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods) Order 2024 and (b) number of those offenders who have subsequently (i) re-offended and (ii) been returned to custody.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	6181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>As set out in the Statutory Instrument to Amend the Standard Determinate Sentence Automatic Release Point Impact Assessment published on 17 July 2024 (available at the link below), prison population and release figures are monitored and published as part of the Offender Management Statistics. <br>Data on SDS40 releases forms a subset of data intended for future publication. <br><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2024/117/pdfs/ukia_20240117_en.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2024/117/pdfs/ukia_20240117_en.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 14/10/2024 17:01:00 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1730401

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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, when she plans to review the impact of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods) Order 2024.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	6182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2024 answer text <p>As set out in the Statutory Instrument to Amend the Standard Determinate Sentence Automatic Release Point Impact Assessment published on 17 July 2024 (available at the link below), the Government has been clear that this is a temporary change which will be reviewed after 18 months. <br> <br><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2024/117/pdfs/ukia_20240117_en.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2024/117/pdfs/ukia_20240117_en.pdf</a>.</p><p>Further statistics will also be published in due course on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 11/10/2024 13:04:46 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel