Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2016 to Question 48562, how much notice was given to the family of each victim of the release on temporary licence of the offender.

I refer to my previous answer given on 12 October.

The family of the victims in these cases have the statutory right to request conditions – such as an exclusion zone – for inclusion in an offender’s licence. Families of victims are asked for this information when release on temporary licence (ROTL) is being considered in the first instance. They are subsequently informed if a series of ROTLs begins, but are not normally told before each individual ROTL takes place.