Oral Question·Ministry of Justice
“What assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the number of prisoners serving Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences.”
Tabled: 5 November 2025Answered: 11 November 2025
Asked by
Mr Jonathan Brash
Labour — Hartlepool
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Justice
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.