Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Act 2025

6 Report on operation of Act

(1) The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the review period—

(a) prepare and publish a report on the operation of the modifications of enactments made by or by virtue of this Act,

(b) lay a copy of the report before the Scottish Parliament.

(2) The report must include information on—

(a) the prison population throughout the review period,

(b) in relation to individuals released in accordance with paragraph 3(1) of the schedule—

(i) the number of individuals released in each release period, broken down by reference to—

(A) their gender,

(B) the offences (or types of offences) for which they were imprisoned or detained,

(C) the term of imprisonment or detention from which they were released,

(ii) for each local authority area, the number of individuals released whose last known address prior to their imprisonment or detention is within that area,

(iii) for each health board area, the number of individuals released whose last known address prior to their imprisonment or detention is within that area.

(3) For the purposes of this section—

• “health board” means a board constituted under section 2(1)(a) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978,

• “health board area” means the area in relation to which a health board is constituted,

• “prison population” includes persons detained in a young offenders institution,

• “review period” means the period of 2 years beginning with the day on which section 1 comes into force.