PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(9 September 2026)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether prisoners convicted of buggery under the 1956 Sexual Offences Act are eligible for early release.
Asked by:
Nick Timothy (Conservative)
Asked by:
Nick Timothy (Conservative)
Answer
The Government has listened to victims and excluded a large number of serious offences from the progression model, ensuring that offenders convicted of rape, certain child sexual offences, grooming offences and unlawful killing offences remain subject to their existing release arrangements.
Buggery is a historic offence that was repealed and replaced by offences in the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
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