Oral Question·Department for International Development
“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 28 June 2018Answered: 4 July 2018
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for International Development
Answer from Hansard
The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Mr David Lammy)
It is right that the IPP sentence was abolished. The number of unreleased IPP prisoners fell to 946, as of 30 September 2025—a reduction of 14% compared with the previous year. Legislative changes that we implemented have reduced the number of people serving IPP sentences in the community to around two thirds.