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Offences against Children: Prisoners' Release

Asked by Alicia KearnsConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 17 January 2025UIN 23878

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any offenders who were convicted of child sexual abuse have been released early from prison since 5 July 2024.

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin

Sex offences were automatically excluded from both the End of Custody Supervised Licence Scheme which ceased on 9 September 2024 and from the current SDS40 scheme.

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