End of custody licence releases and recalls

Official UK Ministry of Justice statistics document the final month of the End of Custody Licence (ECL) prisoner release scheme, which was terminated in March 2010. The report covers releases up to 9 April 2010 and recalls notified by 26 April 2010, marking the last monthly publication on the program. A final set of tables was later published in the Offender Management Caseload Statistics in July 2010.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the final operational period of the ECL scheme based on the described release and recall dates.
• Studying policy discontinuation effects on prisoner populations based on the termination announcement date.
• Tracking recall notifications and their timing relative to releases as mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Data is designated as Official Statistics from the UK Ministry of Justice, providing authoritative source information.
• The description provides specific key dates for the policy termination and final reporting periods.
• Published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, allowing for open reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is historical, covering a specific, terminated policy scheme from 2010.

Provenance

Source

Ministry of Justice (UK)

Collection Method

Administrative data collection as part of the End of Custody Licence scheme operations.

Time Range

Covers releases up to 9 April 2010 and recalls notified by 26 April 2010, with final tables published July 2010.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:31.364132; freshness should be verified as the underlying data is from 2010.

Geography

United Kingdom