Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 20192

Parole

Tabled: 16 December 2024

Answered: 23 December 2024

Question

Helen Grant

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons was there a reduction in Parole Board oral review hearings for imprisonment for public protection prisoners between (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2022-23; and what steps her Department is taking to increas

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

In 2018/19 there were 1,317 review oral hearings for IPP prisoners and in 2022/23 there were 792, a reduction of 40%. During a similar period, the unreleased IPP prisoner population reduced from 2,491 on 31 December 2018 to 1,227 on 31 December 2023, a re...

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