Prison Sentences
(asked on 28th October 2026) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on introducing legislation to end Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences; and by what date it plans to introduce this.
This question was answered on 6th November 2026
On 1 September, the Secretary of State for Justice announced that the Government will bring an end to the IPP sentence for those who continue to serve it and will bring forward legislation to do this by the end of this Parliament.
We will bring forward legislation as soon as Parliamentary time allows.