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Prisoners' Release: Temporary Accommodation

Asked by Edward ArgarConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 18 October 2024UIN 8149

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to her oral contribution on 10 September 2024, Official Report, column 690, whether probation directors have contracted hotel accommodation for prisoners released under the SDS40 scheme since 10 September 2024.

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin

Data on SDS40 releases forms a subset of data intended for future publication.

The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice confirmed to the House on 10 September that Probation Directors could arrange for the temporary use of hotels, where required, and I can confirm that in a small number of cases hotels have been used.

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