Offences against Children: Prisoners' Release

(asked on 13th January 2025) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

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


Answered by
Nicholas Dakin Portrait
Nicholas Dakin
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
This question was answered on 16th January 2025

There is no single ‘grooming gang’ offence defined in legislation.

All sex offences are automatically excluded from SDS40.

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