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How a prisoner is released - including Parole Board hearings, resettlement schemes and temporary release on licence

• When someone can leave prison

  When a prisoner is released depends on: the length of their sentence their…

• Temporary release from prison

  A prisoner may be allowed to leave prison for short periods towards the…

• Before someone leaves prison

  All prisoners get help preparing for life when they leave prison. In the…

• Support when someone leaves prison

  A person leaving prison may get the following financial support: Universal…

A table of rehabilitation periods for the most common sentences and disposals, and example scenarios.

• Updated: 28 October 2023

• Updated: 15 March 2023

A table of rehabilitation periods for the most common sentences and disposals applied to checks processed until 27 October 2023, and example scenarios.

• Updated: 31 October 2023

Holiday entitlement or annual leave - information for employers and workers on entitlement, calculating leave, taking leave, accruing leave and disputes

• Updated: 4 October 2022

Find out what steps you need to take before you calculate how much you can claim for furloughed and flexibly furloughed employees.

• Updated: 29 October 2021

Guidance on debt relief orders for debt advisers. To search, press ‘control’ and ‘f’ on your keyboard at the same time. A search box will appear.

• Updated: 4 March 2025

Workers' rights to rest breaks at work - length of breaks, how your age affects rest breaks, exceptions to the rules for shift workers, young people, and drivers

Information for people who have a Debt Relief Order about what happens after.

• Updated: 19 December 2023