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Sexual Offences: Prisoners' Release

Question for Ministry of Justice

UIN 23460, tabled on 13 January 2025

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any offenders convicted of gang rape have been released early from prison in the last six months.

Answered on

16 January 2025

There is no single offence for gang rape defined in legislation.

All sex offences are automatically excluded from the SDS40 scheme.

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