| answer text |
<p>The Home Office collects data from Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service and
the Scottish Prisons Service on the number of terrorist prisoners released from prison
custody, by length of sentence. However, data is not collected on whether the prisoner
was released before serving the full custodial term of their sentence.</p><p>The requested
information is held in individual prisoner records, is not readily available and could
only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Last month, following the attack
in Streatham, the Government took decisive action by introducing emergency legislation
to prevent terrorist offenders being released early automatically, and ensure that
the release of any such offender before the end of their sentence will be dependent
on a thorough risk assessment by the Parole Board. On 26 February, the legislation
received Royal Assent and the Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Act
2020 came into force.</p><p>National security is the first priority of this Government
and we are determined to ensure that dangerous terrorists are not free to spread their
hateful ideologies or harm the public.</p>
|
|
