Prisoners' Release

(asked on 23rd March 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February 2020 to Question 519 on Prisoners' Release, how many offenders were released in each of the last three years; and what the average (a) number of releases per offender and (b) period of release was.


Answered by
Lucy Frazer Portrait
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 30th March 2020

Release on temporary licence (ROTL) is proven to reduce reoffending, helping offenders build and maintain family ties as well as find work.

Table 1 shows the number of releases, the number of individuals released, the average number of releases per prisoner and the average duration of release for all releases from 2016 to 2018.

Table 2 gives the number of individuals released on temporary licence during this period by main offence group.

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