Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Victims and Prisoners Bill on the parole system.

The parole reforms in the Victims and Prisoners Bill will enshrine public protection as the only factor in release decisions for parole-eligible prisoners and introduce greater ministerial scrutiny to the release of the most serious offenders. These reforms will help to restore public confidence in the parole system and ensure dangerous offenders are not released onto our streets.

The Government’s Impact Assessment of these reforms has been published here: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-03/0286/VictimsandPrisonersBillParoleImpact_Assessment_March23.pdf .