questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were released from prison 18 days early under section 248 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 in the last 12 months.
answerText: As the Lord Chancellor set out in his statement of 16 October, End of Custody Supervised Licence (ECSL), first implemented on 17 October 2023, uses s248 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to remove onto licence some prisoners up to 18 days in advance of the...
heading: Prisoners' Release