Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 44725

Prisoners' Release

Tabled: 7 April 2025
Answered: 22 April 2025

Question

Chris Bloore

LabourRedditch

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to introduce a panel of independent experts to review IPP cases to advise on resentencing.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
It is right that IPP Sentences were abolished.The Government is determined to make progress towards safe and sustainable releases for those serving the IPP sentence, but not in a way that undermines public protection. Public protection will always be the ...

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