Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners there are serving IPP sentences for each (a) offence category as used in his Department's offender management statistics and (b) Home Office offence code where appropriate.

The information requested on how many prisoners there are serving IPP sentences in England and Wales as at 30 September 2017 for each (a) offence category as used in his Department's offender management statistics and (b) Home Office offence code can be found in the table attached.

We are determined to address the challenge of making sure all IPP prisoners have the support they need to show they are no longer a threat to public safety.

We have been working closely with the Parole Board to process these cases as quickly as possible.

This work is continuing to achieve results, with 576 IPP releases in 2016