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Prisoners' Release: Supported Housing

Asked by Jim McMahonLabour (Co-op)Ministry of JusticeTabled Answered 17 November 2025UIN 89526

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners on license were released to supported accommodation in each local authority area in each year from 2015 to date.

Answered by Jake Richards

This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Performance statistics on housing and accommodation outcomes for people supervised by the Probation Service are published annually and can be accessed via the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-accommodation-outcome-statistics

Proven reoffending statistics are published quarterly and include data broken down by the accommodation status on release under tab C3 in the ‘Proven reoffending tables’ document. The series can be accessed by the link below: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/proven-reoffending-statistics

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