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Offences against Children: Prisoners' Release

Asked by Robert JenrickReform UKMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 16 January 2025UIN 23328

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any offenders convicted of a grooming gang offence were released under the SDS40.

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin

There is no single ‘grooming gang’ offence defined in legislation.All sex offences are automatically excluded from SDS40.

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