Parole
(asked on 2nd December 2024) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2024 to Question 15952, on Prisoners, how many and what proportion of Parole Board recommendations on releasing (a) prisoners serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence and (b) other prisoners were rejected by the Government in each of the last 12 months.
In the response to PQ 15952, it was explained that the transfer of an indeterminate sentence prisoner to open conditions is a decision for the Secretary of State. It was also explained that there is no current power for the Government to overrule a Parole Board release decision.
In making a decision concerning the transfer of an indeterminate sentence prisoner to open conditions, the Secretary of State will take account of any recommendation made by the Parole Board. However, the Secretary of State may either reject or accept that recommendation. In the table below, the breakdown of data requested is provided.
Month | Sentence Type | Accepted | Not Accepted | Total | % Not Accepted |
January | Not IPP | * | 8 | 8 |
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| IPP | * | 11 | 11 |
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February | Not IPP | 3 | 19 | 22 | 86% |
| IPP | * | 10 | 10 |
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March | Not IPP | 5 | 15 | 20 | 75% |
| IPP | * | 12 | 12 |
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April | Not IPP | * | 7 | 7 |
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| IPP | * | 9 | 9 |
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May | Not IPP | * | 17 | 17 |
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| IPP | 8 | 14 | 22 | 64% |
June | Not IPP | 12 | 17 | 29 | 59% |
| IPP | 7 | 18 | 25 | 72% |
July | Not IPP | 21 | 8 | 29 | 28% |
| IPP | 7 | 12 | 19 | 63% |
August | Not IPP | 32 | 17 | 49 | 35% |
| IPP | 10 | 19 | 29 | 66% |
September | Not IPP | 26 | 5 | 31 | 16% |
| IPP | 14 | 3 | 17 | 18% |
October | Not IPP | 30 | 5 | 35 | 14% |
| IPP | 13 | 5 | 18 | 28% |
November | Not IPP | 25 | 10 | 35 | 29% |
| IPP | 12 | 9 | 21 | 43% |
December | Not IPP | 16 | 3 | 19 | 16% |
| IPP | 8 | 6 | 14 | 43% |
Note: The period used in this table is consistent with the period used in the answer provided to PQ 15952.