Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women in prison have been Released on Temporary Licence in the last 12 months; and how many women are currently on Release on Temporary Licence.
The latest data available shows that there were 649 women released on temporary licence from 1 October 2017 to 30 September 2018, the latest 12-month period for which data is available.
The number released on temporary licence varies each day. A snapshot of the data taken on 29th March 2019 shows that there were 138 women released on temporary licence on that day.