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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…

• Updated: 30 September 2026

This release strategy acts as the formal notice of changes to future releases of the Access to Work official statistics publication.

• Updated: 3 October 2025

• Updated: 17 July 2026

The criteria you must meet to secure a licence to release Eurasian beavers into the wild in England.

• Updated: 28 February 2025

Information on the change to automatic release dates for some prisoners so they leave after serving 40% of their sentence, rather than the current 50%.

• Updated: 11 September 2024

Field inspection reports for the Genetic Modification Inspectorate deliberate release inspection programme in England.

• Updated: 23 October 2025

Use form SPS1 if the Border Trade Matching Service (BTMS) cannot process an automatic release of your sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) goods on the Customs Declaration Service.

• Updated: 15 October 2025

How to access UK data on industrial emissions and waste transfers.

• Updated: 30 June 2026

The ONS is seeking views and evidence on different potential release times for Office for National Statistics market sensitive economic statistics. Your feedback will help inform a recommendation to the Office for Statistics Regulation.

• Updated: 2 October 2026