Oral Question·Ministry of Justice
“What recent assessment he has made of the impact of the Misuse of Drug Act 1971 on the criminal justice system.”
Tabled: 22 March 2023Answered: 28 March 2023
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Justice
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Sir Nicholas Dakin)
We continue to support IPP offenders through our updated action plan, which contributed to a 9% decrease in IPP offenders in prison in the last year, but we will not put public protection at risk. The Prisons Minister in the other place and I continue to meet regularly with MPs, peers and other stakeholders to work together on supporting this cohort.