United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 26199
Prisoners' Release
Introduced
1 September 2026
Last action
4 September 2026 · Answer
Status
Answered
Sponsors
Nick Timothy
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
4 September 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has undertaken any modelling on the projected adult prison population for each month from August 2026 to February 2028 under scenarios in which (a) the Sentencing Act 2026 is implemented as
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
1 September 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has undertaken any modelling on the projected adult prison population for each month from August 2026 to February 2028 under scenarios in which (a) the Sentencing Act 2026 is implemented as
Source: Commons
4 September 2026
Answer
This Government inherited a prisons system days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe.Our landmark Sentencing Act 2026 will deliver a more sustainable solution to the prison ca...
Source: Written answer
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
No documents linked.
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Sponsors
- Nick Timothy · Conservative · Commons
- · Ministry of Justice · Answering body
- Catherine McKinnell · Labour · Answering member
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-09-01/26199
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1936938
- uk · wq-1936938 · source updated 4 September 2026