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Prisoners' Release: Domestic Abuse

Asked by Ruth CadburyLabourMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 22 July 2024UIN 86

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners released between October 2023 and June 2024 under the End of Custody Supervised License scheme had been imprisoned for an offence relating to domestic violence.

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones

End of Custody Supervised Licence (ECSL) began in October 2023. The number of ECSL releases that took place between 17 October 2023 and 30 June 2024 was 10,083.

The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.

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