questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any offenders who were convicted of actual bodily harm have been released early from prison since 5 July 2024.
answerText: Sentences for serious violent offences, such as ABH, of 4 years or more are excluded from SDS40. Shorter ABH sentences are eligible for release under SDS40. This was also the case for ECSL under the previous Government.
heading: Crimes of Violence: Prisoners' Release