United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 89599
Prisoners' Release
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14 September 2020
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22 September 2020 · Answer
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22 September 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of number of suspected offenders who were likely to be released early without the custody time limit extension.
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14 September 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of number of suspected offenders who were likely to be released early without the custody time limit extension.
Source: Commons
22 September 2020
Answer
Temporary legislation has been introduced to extend the length of the Custody Time Limit in the Crown Court by 56 days for 9 months. It does not apply retrospectively and defendants retain the right to apply for bail. The decision to release a defendant o...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-09-14/89599
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1233952
- uk · wq-1233952 · source updated 22 September 2020