Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 26090
Prisoners: Costs
Tabled: 23 January 2025
Answered: 30 January 2025
Named DayQuestion
Kim Johnson
Labour — Liverpool Riverside
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate she has made of the annual cost to the public purse of people serving imprisonment for public protection sentences.
Answer
Sir Nicholas DakinIt is right that the sentence was abolished. The Government is determined to make further progress towards a safe and sustainable release for those serving the IPP sentence, but not in a way that impacts public protection.For 2022/23, the average Overall ...
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