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Found: Bailey and Norbury on Statutory Interpretation (8th edn, LexisNexis 2020) pt 3, ch 7, s 15 5 The Sentencing Act

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Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims (a) have been contacted to inform them that their perpetrator will be released from prison early in the first ten tranches of the early release scheme following the new offence exclusions; and (b) were previously contacted to inform them that their perpetrator could be released from prison early as part of the early release scheme but have since been contacted to advise that they will not be following the new offence exclusions.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Sentencing Act 2026 contains provisions which change the proportion of a standard determinate sentence which must be served in prison before the offender serving such a sentence is released automatically on licence (“the progression model”). Eligible victims who have opted into the Probation Service Victim Contact Scheme, where the offender is serving a standard determinate sentence, were informed of the commencement of the legislation. They have subsequently been updated on whether the release date for the offender in their case has changed or remained the same.

According to information held on the Probation Service Victim Case Management System, as of 13 October 2026, 8,283 letters had been issued to victims engaged with the Victim Contact Scheme to inform them of either a change in the release date of an offender in their case or to confirm there had been no change to a release date.

9,737 letters were issued to victims engaged with the Victim Contact Scheme to inform them of the legislative changes to prisoner release arrangements under the Sentencing Act 2026. This figure should not be interpreted as the number of offenders affected by the changes as not all eligible victims choose to participate in the Victim Contact Scheme, and some offenders have multiple victims linked to their case. The remaining letters updating victims to the outcome of sentence recalculations are scheduled to be sent out by Friday 16 October. Any discrepancy between the original number of letters sent out and the follow up letters can be put down to victims no longer engaging and the change to the implementation date where some offenders were released at their original dates in September. Figures are also subject to amendment following a full data check has taken place once all letters have been sent.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Sentencing Act 2026 on the healthcare treatment of offenders who commit minor crimes.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Sentencing Act 2026 will reduce the use of short custodial sentences and expand the use of community-based disposals where appropriate. This creates opportunities to strengthen routes into treatment pathways, including diverting people with mental health, drug and alcohol needs away from the criminal justice system where appropriate.

The Ministry of Justice is working closely with NHS England and the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC), who are responsible for healthcare services in the community, to maximise the impact of the available treatment offer, targeting support where it can have the greatest impact.

Liaison and Diversion services play a vital role ensuring that when people first encounter the justice system, they can be referred into appropriate health or social care pathways to ensure they receive the right support from the first point of contact. In parallel, we are working closely with health partners to increase the use and effectiveness of Community Sentence Treatment Requirements, tackling the root causes of offending behaviour through structured treatment.

We are also launching an additional seven Intensive Supervision Courts (ISCs), which provide an alternative to short custodial sentences by keeping eligible offenders in the community with wraparound support, including drug and alcohol treatment, mental health support and judicial oversight.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims have (a) been contacted to confirm that their perpetrator will be released from prison early as a result of the Sentencing Act 2026, and (b) been contacted to confirm that their perpetrator will not be released from prison early as a result of the changes made to the Sentencing Act 2026.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Sentencing Act 2026 contains provisions which change the proportion of a standard determinate sentence which must be served in prison before the offender serving such a sentence is released automatically on licence (“the progression model”). Eligible victims who have opted into the Probation Service Victim Contact Scheme, where the offender is serving a standard determinate sentence, have been informed of the commencement of the legislation.

According to information held on the Probation Service Victim Case Management System, as of 9 July 2026, 8,711 letters had been issued to victims engaged with the Victim Contact Scheme to inform them of the legislative changes to prisoner release arrangements under the Sentencing Act 2026. This figure should not be interpreted as the number of offenders affected by the changes. Not all offenders will necessarily receive an earlier release date, not all eligible victims choose to participate in the Victim Contact Scheme, and some offenders have multiple victims linked to their case.

On 30 August 2026, the Prime Minister announced further exclusions from the progression model. In addition to rape and certain child sexual offences previously announced, these exclusions included all forms of manslaughter, causing death by dangerous driving, causing or allowing the death of a child and indecent assault offences.

As a result of these changes, sentence calculations are being reviewed and, where necessary, recalculated. It is therefore not currently possible to provide the number of victims who have been contacted to confirm that their perpetrator will be released from prison early as a result of the Sentencing Act 2026, or who have been contacted to confirm that their perpetrator will not be released from prison early as a result of the changes made to the Sentencing Act 2026.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national offenders (a) are eligible for deportation under the Early Release Scheme and (b) have been deported.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

Eligible Foreign National Offenders are capable of being removed under the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) once they have served at least 30% of the custodial period of their sentence and are within four years of their earliest release point.

As of 30 June 2026, there were c.4,800 Foreign National Offenders (FNO) in custody sentenced to standard determinate or extended determinate sentences who could become eligible for removal under ERS during their sentence. A precise estimate of the number in the eligible window is not possible as this number includes Irish nationals (who are not routinely considered for deportation), those who may be dual nationals and those that have the right to remain.

Early next year, we will implement the Sentencing Act power to allow the removal of determinate sentence FNOs immediately after sentence. This will not include those in prison for the most serious crimes such as life sentences, rape, or unlawful killing who will still be required to serve time in prison before they are deported.

Monthly removals under ERS going back to December 2022 can be found in the following two Home Office releases:

Returns from the UK between 1 December 2022 and 31 January 2026 - GOV.UK

Returns from the UK between 1 July 2024 and 31 July 2026 - GOV.UK

Within its first two years (July 2024 to June 2026), this Government has increased returns of FNOs by 41% compared to the last two years of the previous Government. Within the FNO returns (up to July 2026), there have been 3,141 early removal scheme returns, a 20% increase compared to the same period 12 months prior.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what minimum period of notice will be given to victims before the release of a domestic abuse offender under proposed sentencing arrangements; and whether a new domestic abuse risk assessment will be mandatory before such an offender is released.

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

The Sentencing Act 2026 contains provisions which change the proportion of a standard determinate sentence which must be served in prison before the offender serving such a sentence is released automatically on licence. This is known as the Earned Progression Model.

Eligible victims who opt into the Probation Service Victim Contact Scheme are informed of an offender's release date and have the opportunity to make representations about licence conditions before release. There is no statutory minimum notice period.

For releases under the Earned Progression Model, victim notification letters, confirming whether a release date had been changed, began to be issued from 1 September 2026 in tranche order. Victims in the earliest release tranches have generally been provided with around four weeks' notice, broadly in line with normal pre-release arrangements, with those in later tranches receiving a longer notice period. Victims are informed of licence condition decisions prior to release, and any approved protective measures, such as exclusion zones or non-contact requirements, take effect from the point of release.

Before offenders convicted of domestic abuse are released from custody, including under early release arrangements, probation practitioners will conduct a thorough risk assessment, taking account of information which they receive from enquiries made of the Police in order to identify the licence conditions and other controls needed to manage the risks which offenders present to their victims and to the general public.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to implement recommendation 6.5 of the Independent Sentencing Review, published on 22 May 2025, to commission a study on the impact and consequences of the assault on emergency workers legislation; and if so when; and if not, why not.

Answered by Lord Lemos - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

The Independent Sentencing Review (ISR) published its findings on 22 May 2025, and the previous Lord Chancellor welcomed the recommendations and accepted the majority of them in principle. The Sentencing Act takes forward many of the ISR recommendations and it received royal assent on 22 January. We are continuing to consider the ISR recommendations that do not require legislation, including recommendation 6.5.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide a list of the type of victims by offence group who are (a) eligible and (b) not eligible, to receive a letter informing them of changes made by the Sentencing Act 2026 that will impact them.

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

The Sentencing Act 2026 contains provisions which change the proportion of a standard determinate sentence that must be served in custody before an offender is automatically released on licence. In June 2026, letters were issued to victims engaged with the Probation Service Victim Contact Scheme to notify them of changes to prisoner release arrangements introduced by the Act.

Eligibility to receive these letters was not determined by the offence group relating to the victim's case. Rather, victims were eligible to receive the letters where they were engaged with the Victim Contact Scheme and the offender in their case was serving a standard determinate sentence and was not subject to recall.

Victims were not eligible to receive the initial notification letter where they had not chosen to receive the services provided under the Victim Contact Scheme, or where the offender in their case was not serving a standard determinate sentence, including where the offender was serving another sentence type or was subject to recall.

Following the Prime Minister's announcement on 30 August 2026, sentence recalculations are being reviewed and, where necessary, recalculated. Victims will be contacted once this process has concluded to confirm whether the changes affect the offender in their case and, where applicable, to provide a revised release date.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the process for supervising serious, serial violent offenders when they are released after having served their term.

Answered by Lord Lemos - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

This Government inherited a prisons system days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe. Our landmark Sentencing Act 2026 will now deliver a more sustainable solution to the prison capacity crisis we inherited, including through the progression model, which will help ensure there are always enough prison places for the courts to be able to send people to custody.

The Prime Minister’s review informed decisions relating to implementation of the progression model and subsequent offence exclusions. The Government carefully considered concerns raised by victims, survivors, parliamentarians and the wider public and acted on those concerns and representations received during the review formed part of the evidence considered as part of that process. Ministers continue to engage with a range of stakeholders on implementation.

As a result, offenders convicted of unlawful killing offence such as manslaughter, causing death by dangerous driving, as well as further historic child sex offences, will now be excluded, on top of rape and serious child sex offences. This also includes offenders convicted of offences involving the killing of an emergency worker. A full list of exclusions can be found here: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK. These exclusions are in addition to the existing exclusion of more than 18,000 offenders serving more serious sentences.

The progression model amends release points for offenders serving Standard Determinate Sentences. The date from which the progression model will apply, and the date of the first tranche of releases is 1 October 2026. Offenders released under the progression model will be controlled under strict licence conditions and can be recalled to custody where they breach those conditions or their risk can no longer be safely managed in the community.

This Government is committed to strengthening public protection and ensuring the Probation Service has the tools and capacity it needs to keep communities safe and protect victims. We are investing £700 million into probation and community services, recruiting 1,300 additional probation officers this year, and ensuring every prison leaver is tagged unless there is clear reason not to. As part of that investment, we are delivering the biggest expansion of tagging in history, by investing £100 million to expand our ability to monitor even more individuals in the community with thousands of offenders having their every movement tracked. These changes will significantly strengthen probation’s ability to monitor offenders in real time and intervene quickly where risk escalates or conditions are breached.

Offenders may also be subject to a range of measures such as curfews and exclusion zones that are designed to manage risk and restrict their movements where necessary. With the conditions imposed upon them, this will allow probation to maintain oversight of offenders in the community and monitor compliance.

The Government is ensuring probation resources are focused on offenders who pose the highest risk of harm and prioritised on those most likely to reoffend. This enables probation practitioners to spend more time and attention managing the most serious offenders, strengthening public protection and better protecting victims.

All offenders released from custody are subject to robust supervision and risk management arrangements. Where released on licence, they may be subject to a range of restrictive licence conditions tailored to the risks they present, including electronic monitoring, exclusion zones and non-contact requirements. Probation practitioners monitor compliance with these requirements and may take enforcement action, including recall to custody, where an offender can no longer be safely managed in the community. Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) provide additional oversight for those offenders who meet the relevant threshold.

From October 2026, the Probation Service will be given wider powers to impose new restrictive licence conditions, including prohibiting offenders on licence from driving, attending public events, and entering pubs, clubs and bars. We are also introducing Restriction Zones for the most serious sexual and violent offenders, which require an offender to remain within a designated area where this is necessary and proportionate to manage risk.

The Government is also committed to ensuring that victims' interests are reflected in release and supervision arrangements. Victims eligible for the Victim Contact Scheme have a statutory right to receive information about an offender's release and to make representations about licence conditions. When determining appropriate licence conditions, account may be taken of both the risk of physical harm and the risk of significant emotional or psychological harm to victims.

Together, these measures will strengthen public protection, support victim safety and ensure that the most serious offenders receive the highest levels of supervision and risk management in the community.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration he has given to setting out the offences contained within the Schedule to The Sentencing Act 2026 (Commencement No. 6 and Revocation) Regulations 2026 in primary legislation.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Primary legislation is not needed in the short term to make the offence exclusions a reality.

A full list of exclusions can be found here: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of the prison population is comprised of foreign nationals.

Answered by Lord Lemos - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

The number of foreign national offenders (FNOs) held in prison is regularly published as part of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly series. The latest published data can be found within table 1.Q.10 of the prison population tables, showing a snapshot of the population as of 30 June 2026. This shows that there were 10,134 (3,283 remand, 6,431 sentenced and 420 non-criminal) foreign nationals held in custody representing around 12% of the total prison population. The number of FNOs in the prison population decreased by 6% compared with 30 June 2025.

We are focused on removing FNOs to protect the public and ease the burden on taxpayers. Early next year we will implement the Sentencing Act power to allow the removal of determinate sentence FNOs immediately after sentence.

In the two years to 30 June 2026, returns of FNOs increased by 41%, compared with the previous two years.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will ensure that nobody in prison for child sex offences will be released as part of the early release scheme.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Government has announced offence-based exclusions from the Sentence Act 2026 progression model, including rape and serious child sexual offences and grooming offences. More recently, on top of these offences, the historic offence of indecent assault along with unlawful killing offences has been excluded. Offenders convicted of these offences will not be eligible for release under the scheme. A full list of exclusions can be found here: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK

These exclusions are in addition to the existing exclusion of more than 18,000 offenders serving more serious sentences.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason the first two tranches of the early release scheme are scheduled to take place in October.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor have listened to concerns about the implementation of important elements of the Sentencing Act. They subsequently took the decision to pause implementation of the progression model to ensure that two crucial things are balanced: the need to put victims at the heart of our work while ensuring we never run out of space to lock up the most dangerous criminals, a scenario which would represent the worst possible outcome for victims. The Prime Minister announced this pause on 23 July 2026.

Following the Government's review of the Sentencing Act, and the decision to exclude additional offences from the Progression Model, the commencement date was moved to 1 October 2026. As a result, the first tranche will take place on 1 October 2026, with the second tranche following on 13 October 2026 as originally planned.

The Progression Model is being implemented through a phased series of tranche releases to ensure safe implementation. The staggered approach supports sentence recalculations, victim notification, pre-release planning and probation preparation.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the additional cost will be, in (a) money, and (b) staff hours, to the Probation Service as a result of the ten tranches of early released prisoners under the Sentencing Act 2026 progression model.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Government assessed the impact of the Sentencing Act 2026 reforms through its published Impact Assessment and is working with probation, policing and local partners to manage implementation. The Impact Assessment can be accessed here: Sentencing Act Impact Assessment.

This Government is committed to ensuring the Probation Service has the capacity it needs to manage offenders safely in the community, including those released on licence from October 2026. We are investing up to £700 million in probation and community services by the final year of the spending review period to support the expansion of tagging, accommodation provision and increasing capacity. We have committed to onboarding at least 1,300 more trainee probation officers in 2026/27. This builds on the success of previous years’ campaigns with 1,057 trainees onboarded in 2024/25, and 1,389 in 2025/26.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners his Department expects to be released in the first tranche of early release under the Sentencing Act 2026 progression model by establishment.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Following the Government's review of the Sentencing Act, and the decision to exclude additional offences from the Progression Model, the commencement date was moved to 1 October 2026. As a result, the first tranche will take place on 1 October 2026, with the second tranche following on 13 October 2026 as originally planned.

We have published the modelled estimates of the volumes of offenders to be released on the first day of each tranche. Current published estimates do not identify releases from individual prisons. This information is now available at: Estimated progression model tranche release volumes - GOV.UK.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims were originally contacted advising them that their perpetrator may be released from prison early as a result of the Sentencing Act 2026, but whose perpetrator will now no longer be eligible as a result of the latest offence exclusions.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Sentencing Act 2026 contains provisions which change the proportion of a standard determinate sentence which must be served in prison before the offender serving such a sentence is released automatically on licence. Eligible victims who have opted into the Probation Service Victim Contact Scheme, where the offender is serving a standard determinate sentence, have been informed of the commencement of the legislation.

According to information held on the Probation Service Victim Case Management System, as of 9 July 2026, 8,711 letters had been issued to victims engaged with the Victim Contact Scheme to inform them of the legislative changes to prisoner release arrangements under the Sentencing Act 2026. This figure should not be interpreted as the number of offenders affected by the changes. Not all offenders will necessarily receive an earlier release date, not all eligible victims choose to participate in the Victim Contact Scheme, and some offenders have multiple victims linked to their case.

On 30 August 2026, the Prime Minister announced further exclusions from the progression model. In addition to rape and certain child sexual offences previously announced, these exclusions included all forms of manslaughter, causing death by dangerous driving, causing or allowing the death of a child and indecent assault offences.

As a result of these changes, sentence calculations are being reviewed and, where necessary, recalculated. It is therefore not currently possible to provide the number of victims who were initially informed that an offender in their case may be eligible for an earlier release date, but whose offender is no longer eligible as a result of the subsequent exclusions.

Once sentence calculations have been completed, Victim Liaison Officers will contact affected victims to confirm whether the offender's release date has changed and, where appropriate, provide them with an opportunity to make representations regarding licence conditions.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national offenders are currently eligible for removal under the Early Removal Scheme.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

Eligible Foreign National Offenders are capable of being removed under the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) once they have served at least 30% of the custodial period of their sentence and are within four years of their earliest release point.

Early next year we will implement the Sentencing Act power to allow the removal of determinate sentence FNOs immediately after sentence. This will not include those in prison for the most serious crimes such as life sentences, rape, or unlawful killing who will still be required to serve time in prison before they are deported.

As of 30 June 2026, there were c.4,800 Foreign National Offenders (FNO) in custody sentenced to standard determinate or extended determinate sentences who could become eligible for removal under ERS during their sentence.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners identified for early release will be released from HMP Littlehey in the Huntingdon constituency.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Government recently announced further offence-based exclusions from the Sentence Act 2026 progression model, including offences relating to unlawful killing and indecent assault, building on the previously announced exclusions for rape, serious child sexual offences and grooming offences. This means fewer offenders will be eligible for release under the progression model.

Current published estimates do not identify releases from individual prisons, including HMP Littlehey. We have, however published the best available modelled estimates of the volumes of all offenders estimated to be released on the first day of each tranche. This information is now available at: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK

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Found: The Sentencing Act 2020 introduced changes to some sentences.

Found: The Sentencing Act 2020 introduced changes to some sentences.

Found: The Sentencing Act 2020 introduced changes to some sentences.

Found: The Sentencing Act 2020 introduced changes to some sentences.

Found: The Sentencing Act 2020 introduced changes to some sentences.

Found: since last year mainly occurred after March 2026, coinciding with changes introduced through the Sentencing Act

Found: since last year mainly occurred after March 2026, coinciding with changes introduced through the Sentencing Act

Found: powers”, defined in section 21(8) which was amended by section 36(4) of the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act

Found: In 2025-26, our priorities included the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act, the Sentencing Act

Found: Textual Amendments F6 Words in s. 34(2)(b)(i) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17),

Found: protections can apply online or otherwise and are included in the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and the Sentencing Act

Found: Do not include children detained under Sections 90 to 92 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act