Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were on each level of incentives and privileges in each of the last five years.

Information on the average number of prisoners at each level of the Incentives and Earned Privileges (IEP) scheme (including Entry level, which was introduced on 1 November 2013) for 2013-14 and 2014-15 can be found in the NOMS Annual Report Management Information Addendum for those years via the following links:

2013-14:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/338945/mi-addendum.pdf

2014-15:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/449925/mi-addendum.pdf_-_Adobe_Acrobat_Pro.pdf

Figures for the three preceding years, 2010-11 to 2012-13, are provided in the table below.

Table: Average Number of prisoners at each IEP level, 2010-11 to 2012-13, England & Wales

Figures for 2015-16 will be published in the Annual NOMS Digest on 28 July.