Prisoners' Release: Temporary Accommodation
(asked on 6th December 2024) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners (a) have been released under the early release scheme and (b) are housed in (i) hotels and (ii) other contingency accommodation.
This question was answered on 16th December 2024
There were 1,889 SDS40 ‘Tranche 1’ prisoner releases on 10 September 2024 (day one of tranche 1). There were 1,223 SDS40 ‘Tranche 2’ prisoner releases on 22 October 2024 (day one of tranche 2).
The number of people released in total so far under SDS40 and the number housed in hotels and other contingency accommodation forms a subset of prison releases data which is scheduled for future publication.