Fixed Term Recall (FTR) Calculator
Under the Sentencing Act 2026, most people recalled from a determinate sentence are automatically re-released after a fixed period rather than being held to the end of sentence or until a Parole Board decision. This tool estimates that re-release date.
This is in force
Sections 30 to 33 of the Sentencing Act 2026 came into force on 31 March 2026 (SI 2026/86). People already on recall were brought across in stages by sentence length, finishing on 12 May 2026. That rollout is complete, so the rules now apply to everyone within scope.
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Eligible for automatic release after days
Estimated re-release date
Basis: Criminal Justice Act 2003 .
Staged band: ( days) — rules applied from .
Estimate only. The Prison Offender Manager (POM) confirms whether you meet the criteria.
Recalled from Home Detention Curfew? Where the recall follows a release under section 246, the period is the later of 56 days and the custodial period you would have served under section 243A or 244 but for the earlier release. This tool shows the 56-day figure only.
The Secretary of State can hold someone past the automatic release point on serious-harm or foreign-power grounds, and can release earlier where the risk is no more than minimal.
Not eligible for automatic release after recall
Based on the exclusion checks, automatic release under section 255BA does not apply:
Staged roll-out for people already on recall
Regulation 4 of The Sentencing Act 2026 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/86).
Started the 56-day fixed-term recall on 31 March 2026. The staged rollout finished on 12 May 2026.
| Sentence length | Days | Applies from |
|---|---|---|
| Up to 4y 8m | under 1,702 | 31 March 2026 |
| 4y 8m – 5y 10m | 1,702 – 2,128 | 14 April 2026 |
| 5y 10m – 7y | 2,129 – 2,576 | 21 April 2026 |
| 7y – 9y | 2,577 – 3,304 | 28 April 2026 |
| 9y – 12y | 3,305 – 4,438 | 5 May 2026 |
| 12y or more | over 4,438 | 12 May 2026 |
What Schedule 4 to the Act actually covers
Schedule 4 inserts Schedule 19ZB into the Criminal Justice Act 2003. It is a national security and terrorism list — Official Secrets Acts offences, Terrorism Act 2000, Counter-Terrorism Act 2008, the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015, the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 and the National Security Act 2023, plus attempts, conspiracies and service equivalents.
It is not the list of serious violent and sexual offences excluded from the release changes. That is a separate list, in the Schedule to SI 2026/953, and it has no bearing on recall.
See the excluded offencesSources: sections 30 to 33 of the Sentencing Act 2026, which insert sections 255A, 255B and 255BA into the Criminal Justice Act 2003, commenced by SI 2026/86. Where the Parole Board decided under section 255C(4) that someone was unsuitable for release, the staged date was the later of the band date and 56 days after that decision was served.