Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many prisoners sentenced to detention for public protection (1) have never been released, (2) have been returned to prison on breach of licence, (3) are currently in the community under supervision on licence, and (4) were released on licence for the first time within the last three years.
Answered by Lord Bellamy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
We have provided the data requested, as follows:
As of 30 September 2023, 36 prisoners serving a DPP sentence have never been released.
As of 30 September 2023, 49 prisoners are serving a DPP sentence in custody having been recalled.
As of 30 June 2023, 99 offenders are serving a DPP sentence on licence in the community.
Table 1: Shows the number of people sentenced to DPP released for the first time from prison, in each of the last three years.
Release Year | Number of DPP prisoners released |
2020 | 10 |
2021 | 7 |
2022 | 3 |
Jan - June 2023 | 4* |
Please note:
(1) The numbers provided in table 1 result from a matching between two databases - Prison National Offender Management Information System (NOMIS) data and Public Protection Unit Database (PPUD) data. A total of 13 prisoners identified in the PPUD data did not have an associated NOMIS identifier and so were not included. The figures provided here are an estimate based on these two sources and as inconsistencies in recording between these two sources exist, the figures should be treated with caution.
(2) The figures in table 1 represent 'first releases' only, and do not include re-releases following a period of recall.
(3) All figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
(4) All figures represent the most recent available data.
(*) Data for 2023 only include releases up to end of June 2023 - reflecting the most recent published data period.
On 16 October 2023, the Lord Chancellor announced he would be looking at options to curtail the licence period to restore greater proportionality to IPP/DPP sentences in line with recommendation 8 of the report by the Justice Select Committee (JSC), published on 28 September 2022.
The Lord Chancellor announced on 28 November 2023, that these changes are being taken forward in the Victims and Prisoners Bill.
The new measure will:
Reduce the qualifying period which triggers the duty of the Secretary of State to refer an IPP/DPP licence to the Parole Board for termination from ten years to three years;
Include a clear statutory presumption that the IPP licence will be terminated by the Parole Board at the end of the three-year qualifying period;
Introduce a provision that will automatically terminate the IPP/DPP licence two years after the three-year qualifying period, in cases where the Parole Board has not terminated the licence; and
Introduce a power to amend the qualifying period by Statutory Instrument.
The Lord Chancellor was persuaded by the Committee’s recommendation to reduce the qualifying licence period from 10 years to five years and is going further: reducing the period to three years. These amendments will restore greater proportionality to IPP/DPP sentences and provide a clear pathway to a definitive end to the licence and, therefore, the sentence.
In addition to these changes, the actions this Government are taking are working; the number of prisoners serving the IPP/DPP sentence who have never been released now stands at 1,269 as of September 2023, down from more than 6000 in 2012.
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government, in the combined Mayoral authority of South Yorkshire, how many residents received an award above the level of MBE in the New Year’s Honours 2024 list.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
Statistical information held in relation to the regional breakdown of recipients at all levels for the New Year Honours List 2024 can be found below. Percentages are rounded to 1 decimal point. Data for CBE and higher levels has been aggregated and is also included below. Data reflects the correspondence address provided by recipients.
Data is collected using county and aggregated into regional figures. Information on the number of nominations by mayoral region, including for both South Yorkshire and Sheffield is not captured, as we are unable to break down the data in that way.
This data relates only to the main Prime Minister’s List and does not include data from the Defence List or the Overseas and International List, which are not administered by the Cabinet Office.
Transparency data for the list by county, the level of award received and the service for which each recipient has been recognised for, as well as information on recipients recognised in previous honours lists is publicly available on gov.uk.
Honours are awarded on merit basis. A key aim of the honours system is to ensure that it is more representative of the country as a whole and we will continue to encourage more nominations from every corner of the UK, including South Yorkshire, in future honours lists.
Regional breakdown - New Year 2024 list (1224)
Region | BEM | BEM% | MBE | MBE% | OBE | OBE% | CBE & Higher | CBE & higher% | Total | Population % |
East | 36 | 9.5% | 39 | 8.4% | 19 | 8% | 11 | 7.1% | 105 | 9.3% |
Yorkshire & Humberside | 30 | 7.9% | 27 | 5.8% | 12 | 5% | 7 | 4.5% | 76 | 8.2% |
London | 43 | 11.4% | 95 | 21.5% | 62 | 26.2% | 62 | 40.2% | 262 | 13.4% |
North East | 9 | 1.8% | 11 | 2.3% | 5 | 2.1% | 1 | 0.6% | 26 | 4.0% |
North West | 31 | 8.2% | 52 | 11.3% | 14 | 5.9% | 7 | 4.5% | 104 | 11.0% |
Northern Ireland | 43 | 11.4% | 28 | 6.1% | 8 | 3.3% | 2 | 1.2% | 81 | 2.8% |
Scotland | 29 | 7.6% | 45 | 9.8% | 23 | 9.7% | 13 | 8.4% | 110 | 8.2% |
South East | 54 | 14.3% | 59 | 12.8% | 36 | 15.2% | 23 | 14.9% | 172 | 13.7% |
South West | 35 | 9.2% | 28 | 6.1% | 16 | 6.7% | 11 | 7.1% | 90 | 8.4% |
Wales | 28 | 7.4% | 30 | 6.5% | 11 | 4.6% | 4 | 2.5% | 73 | 4.7% |
West Midlands | 23 | 0.2% | 26 | 5.6% | 13 | 5.5% | 2 | 1.2% | 64 | 8.9% |
East Midlands | 15 | 3.9% | 19 | 4.1% | 17 | 7.2% | 7 | 4.5% | 58 | 7.2% |
Living abroad | 1 | 0.2% | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1.2% | 3 | - |
Total | 377 |
| 459 |
| 236 |
| 152 |
| 1224 |
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Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many of the recipients of honours in the New Year's list 2024 have already received recognition in previous honours lists.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
Statistical information held in relation to the regional breakdown of recipients at all levels for the New Year Honours List 2024 can be found below. Percentages are rounded to 1 decimal point. Data for CBE and higher levels has been aggregated and is also included below. Data reflects the correspondence address provided by recipients.
Data is collected using county and aggregated into regional figures. Information on the number of nominations by mayoral region, including for both South Yorkshire and Sheffield is not captured, as we are unable to break down the data in that way.
This data relates only to the main Prime Minister’s List and does not include data from the Defence List or the Overseas and International List, which are not administered by the Cabinet Office.
Transparency data for the list by county, the level of award received and the service for which each recipient has been recognised for, as well as information on recipients recognised in previous honours lists is publicly available on gov.uk.
Honours are awarded on merit basis. A key aim of the honours system is to ensure that it is more representative of the country as a whole and we will continue to encourage more nominations from every corner of the UK, including South Yorkshire, in future honours lists.
Regional breakdown - New Year 2024 list (1224)
Region | BEM | BEM% | MBE | MBE% | OBE | OBE% | CBE & Higher | CBE & higher% | Total | Population % |
East | 36 | 9.5% | 39 | 8.4% | 19 | 8% | 11 | 7.1% | 105 | 9.3% |
Yorkshire & Humberside | 30 | 7.9% | 27 | 5.8% | 12 | 5% | 7 | 4.5% | 76 | 8.2% |
London | 43 | 11.4% | 95 | 21.5% | 62 | 26.2% | 62 | 40.2% | 262 | 13.4% |
North East | 9 | 1.8% | 11 | 2.3% | 5 | 2.1% | 1 | 0.6% | 26 | 4.0% |
North West | 31 | 8.2% | 52 | 11.3% | 14 | 5.9% | 7 | 4.5% | 104 | 11.0% |
Northern Ireland | 43 | 11.4% | 28 | 6.1% | 8 | 3.3% | 2 | 1.2% | 81 | 2.8% |
Scotland | 29 | 7.6% | 45 | 9.8% | 23 | 9.7% | 13 | 8.4% | 110 | 8.2% |
South East | 54 | 14.3% | 59 | 12.8% | 36 | 15.2% | 23 | 14.9% | 172 | 13.7% |
South West | 35 | 9.2% | 28 | 6.1% | 16 | 6.7% | 11 | 7.1% | 90 | 8.4% |
Wales | 28 | 7.4% | 30 | 6.5% | 11 | 4.6% | 4 | 2.5% | 73 | 4.7% |
West Midlands | 23 | 0.2% | 26 | 5.6% | 13 | 5.5% | 2 | 1.2% | 64 | 8.9% |
East Midlands | 15 | 3.9% | 19 | 4.1% | 17 | 7.2% | 7 | 4.5% | 58 | 7.2% |
Living abroad | 1 | 0.2% | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1.2% | 3 | - |
Total | 377 |
| 459 |
| 236 |
| 152 |
| 1224 |
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Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many honours above OBE level were awarded to people who were (1) living in, or (2) working or providing service to, the South Yorkshire area at the time of their nomination for an honour in the New Year’s Honours 2024 list.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
Statistical information held in relation to the regional breakdown of recipients at all levels for the New Year Honours List 2024 can be found below. Percentages are rounded to 1 decimal point. Data for CBE and higher levels has been aggregated and is also included below. Data reflects the correspondence address provided by recipients.
Data is collected using county and aggregated into regional figures. Information on the number of nominations by mayoral region, including for both South Yorkshire and Sheffield is not captured, as we are unable to break down the data in that way.
This data relates only to the main Prime Minister’s List and does not include data from the Defence List or the Overseas and International List, which are not administered by the Cabinet Office.
Transparency data for the list by county, the level of award received and the service for which each recipient has been recognised for, as well as information on recipients recognised in previous honours lists is publicly available on gov.uk.
Honours are awarded on merit basis. A key aim of the honours system is to ensure that it is more representative of the country as a whole and we will continue to encourage more nominations from every corner of the UK, including South Yorkshire, in future honours lists.
Regional breakdown - New Year 2024 list (1224)
Region | BEM | BEM% | MBE | MBE% | OBE | OBE% | CBE & Higher | CBE & higher% | Total | Population % |
East | 36 | 9.5% | 39 | 8.4% | 19 | 8% | 11 | 7.1% | 105 | 9.3% |
Yorkshire & Humberside | 30 | 7.9% | 27 | 5.8% | 12 | 5% | 7 | 4.5% | 76 | 8.2% |
London | 43 | 11.4% | 95 | 21.5% | 62 | 26.2% | 62 | 40.2% | 262 | 13.4% |
North East | 9 | 1.8% | 11 | 2.3% | 5 | 2.1% | 1 | 0.6% | 26 | 4.0% |
North West | 31 | 8.2% | 52 | 11.3% | 14 | 5.9% | 7 | 4.5% | 104 | 11.0% |
Northern Ireland | 43 | 11.4% | 28 | 6.1% | 8 | 3.3% | 2 | 1.2% | 81 | 2.8% |
Scotland | 29 | 7.6% | 45 | 9.8% | 23 | 9.7% | 13 | 8.4% | 110 | 8.2% |
South East | 54 | 14.3% | 59 | 12.8% | 36 | 15.2% | 23 | 14.9% | 172 | 13.7% |
South West | 35 | 9.2% | 28 | 6.1% | 16 | 6.7% | 11 | 7.1% | 90 | 8.4% |
Wales | 28 | 7.4% | 30 | 6.5% | 11 | 4.6% | 4 | 2.5% | 73 | 4.7% |
West Midlands | 23 | 0.2% | 26 | 5.6% | 13 | 5.5% | 2 | 1.2% | 64 | 8.9% |
East Midlands | 15 | 3.9% | 19 | 4.1% | 17 | 7.2% | 7 | 4.5% | 58 | 7.2% |
Living abroad | 1 | 0.2% | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1.2% | 3 | - |
Total | 377 |
| 459 |
| 236 |
| 152 |
| 1224 |
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Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many honours above OBE level were awarded to people who were (1) living in, or (2) working or providing service to, the Sheffield City Region at the time of their nomination for an honour in the New Year’s Honours 2024 list.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
Statistical information held in relation to the regional breakdown of recipients at all levels for the New Year Honours List 2024 can be found below. Percentages are rounded to 1 decimal point. Data for CBE and higher levels has been aggregated and is also included below. Data reflects the correspondence address provided by recipients.
Data is collected using county and aggregated into regional figures. Information on the number of nominations by mayoral region, including for both South Yorkshire and Sheffield is not captured, as we are unable to break down the data in that way.
This data relates only to the main Prime Minister’s List and does not include data from the Defence List or the Overseas and International List, which are not administered by the Cabinet Office.
Transparency data for the list by county, the level of award received and the service for which each recipient has been recognised for, as well as information on recipients recognised in previous honours lists is publicly available on gov.uk.
Honours are awarded on merit basis. A key aim of the honours system is to ensure that it is more representative of the country as a whole and we will continue to encourage more nominations from every corner of the UK, including South Yorkshire, in future honours lists.
Regional breakdown - New Year 2024 list (1224)
Region | BEM | BEM% | MBE | MBE% | OBE | OBE% | CBE & Higher | CBE & higher% | Total | Population % |
East | 36 | 9.5% | 39 | 8.4% | 19 | 8% | 11 | 7.1% | 105 | 9.3% |
Yorkshire & Humberside | 30 | 7.9% | 27 | 5.8% | 12 | 5% | 7 | 4.5% | 76 | 8.2% |
London | 43 | 11.4% | 95 | 21.5% | 62 | 26.2% | 62 | 40.2% | 262 | 13.4% |
North East | 9 | 1.8% | 11 | 2.3% | 5 | 2.1% | 1 | 0.6% | 26 | 4.0% |
North West | 31 | 8.2% | 52 | 11.3% | 14 | 5.9% | 7 | 4.5% | 104 | 11.0% |
Northern Ireland | 43 | 11.4% | 28 | 6.1% | 8 | 3.3% | 2 | 1.2% | 81 | 2.8% |
Scotland | 29 | 7.6% | 45 | 9.8% | 23 | 9.7% | 13 | 8.4% | 110 | 8.2% |
South East | 54 | 14.3% | 59 | 12.8% | 36 | 15.2% | 23 | 14.9% | 172 | 13.7% |
South West | 35 | 9.2% | 28 | 6.1% | 16 | 6.7% | 11 | 7.1% | 90 | 8.4% |
Wales | 28 | 7.4% | 30 | 6.5% | 11 | 4.6% | 4 | 2.5% | 73 | 4.7% |
West Midlands | 23 | 0.2% | 26 | 5.6% | 13 | 5.5% | 2 | 1.2% | 64 | 8.9% |
East Midlands | 15 | 3.9% | 19 | 4.1% | 17 | 7.2% | 7 | 4.5% | 58 | 7.2% |
Living abroad | 1 | 0.2% | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1.2% | 3 | - |
Total | 377 |
| 459 |
| 236 |
| 152 |
| 1224 |
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Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many honours, by each award level, were received in each region or nation of the UK in the New Year’s Honours 2024; and what percentage of the population of each such region or nation that number represents.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
Statistical information held in relation to the regional breakdown of recipients at all levels for the New Year Honours List 2024 can be found below. Percentages are rounded to 1 decimal point. Data for CBE and higher levels has been aggregated and is also included below. Data reflects the correspondence address provided by recipients.
Data is collected using county and aggregated into regional figures. Information on the number of nominations by mayoral region, including for both South Yorkshire and Sheffield is not captured, as we are unable to break down the data in that way.
This data relates only to the main Prime Minister’s List and does not include data from the Defence List or the Overseas and International List, which are not administered by the Cabinet Office.
Transparency data for the list by county, the level of award received and the service for which each recipient has been recognised for, as well as information on recipients recognised in previous honours lists is publicly available on gov.uk.
Honours are awarded on merit basis. A key aim of the honours system is to ensure that it is more representative of the country as a whole and we will continue to encourage more nominations from every corner of the UK, including South Yorkshire, in future honours lists.
Regional breakdown - New Year 2024 list (1224)
Region | BEM | BEM% | MBE | MBE% | OBE | OBE% | CBE & Higher | CBE & higher% | Total | Population % |
East | 36 | 9.5% | 39 | 8.4% | 19 | 8% | 11 | 7.1% | 105 | 9.3% |
Yorkshire & Humberside | 30 | 7.9% | 27 | 5.8% | 12 | 5% | 7 | 4.5% | 76 | 8.2% |
London | 43 | 11.4% | 95 | 21.5% | 62 | 26.2% | 62 | 40.2% | 262 | 13.4% |
North East | 9 | 1.8% | 11 | 2.3% | 5 | 2.1% | 1 | 0.6% | 26 | 4.0% |
North West | 31 | 8.2% | 52 | 11.3% | 14 | 5.9% | 7 | 4.5% | 104 | 11.0% |
Northern Ireland | 43 | 11.4% | 28 | 6.1% | 8 | 3.3% | 2 | 1.2% | 81 | 2.8% |
Scotland | 29 | 7.6% | 45 | 9.8% | 23 | 9.7% | 13 | 8.4% | 110 | 8.2% |
South East | 54 | 14.3% | 59 | 12.8% | 36 | 15.2% | 23 | 14.9% | 172 | 13.7% |
South West | 35 | 9.2% | 28 | 6.1% | 16 | 6.7% | 11 | 7.1% | 90 | 8.4% |
Wales | 28 | 7.4% | 30 | 6.5% | 11 | 4.6% | 4 | 2.5% | 73 | 4.7% |
West Midlands | 23 | 0.2% | 26 | 5.6% | 13 | 5.5% | 2 | 1.2% | 64 | 8.9% |
East Midlands | 15 | 3.9% | 19 | 4.1% | 17 | 7.2% | 7 | 4.5% | 58 | 7.2% |
Living abroad | 1 | 0.2% | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1.2% | 3 | - |
Total | 377 |
| 459 |
| 236 |
| 152 |
| 1224 |
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Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what are the current geographic locations, where known, for all living recipients of Companions of Honour.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
I refer the honourable member to the answer I gave on 19th July 2023, PQ HL9063. We do not collate the geographical data for The Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) recipients in each list nor do we track the current geographic locations for all 64 living CH recipients.
All honours, including CH awards, are awarded on the basis of merit, not location. However, we are committed to improving overall representation in the honours system to ensure that we are recognising deserving individuals from across the length and breadth of the United Kingdom.
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many unclaimed Child Trust Funds are (1) currently outstanding and (2) outstanding where there is a continuing requirement for court approval to parents being able to access the Fund on behalf of their adult children.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
Information on Child Trust Funds (CTFs) are available in HMRC’s Annual Savings Statistics[1].
(1) As of April 2022, there were 428,000 matured accounts continuing as CTFs that had not been claimed or automatically transferred to an ISA.
(2) The Government does not hold information relating to the number of unclaimed Child Trust Funds where there is a need for a Power of Attorney or other court order to control their financial resources.
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2023
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the expected timetable for the report by the Chief Inspector of Probation on the independent thematic inspection on the proportionality of recall to prison by IPP prisoners alleged to have breached their licence conditions, mentioned in a letter from the then Lord Chancellor to the Chair of the House of Commons Justice Committee on 1 February.
Answered by Lord Bellamy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation are due to publish their report on the thematic inspection of IPP recall decisions before the end of the year.
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer of Lord Bellamy on 28 November (HL272), whether the figure quoted, of 18 deaths among those serving imprisonment for public protection sentences in secure hospitals up to 31 December 2022, is included within the overall figures of deaths of IPP prisoners published by the HM Prison and Probation Service for the same period.
Answered by Lord Bellamy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
HMPPS publishes quarterly Safety in Custody statistics which cover deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody, in England and Wales. These published statistics do not include the death of those in secure mental health facilities.
I also refer the noble Lord to the answer I gave to question HL273 on 28 November 2023, which can be found via the following link: Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament.