Prison Sentences: Lancashire

(asked on 30th November 2016) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in (a) HM Prison Preston, (b) HM Prison Garth, (c) HM Prison Kirkham, (d) HM Prison Wymott and (e) Lancaster Farms were over their tariff on 30 November 2016.


Answered by
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Sam Gyimah
This question was answered on 9th March 2017

Figures on the number of prisoners in HM Prison Preston, HM Prison Garth, HM Prison Kirkham, HM Prison Wymott and Lancaster Farms who had served more than their minimum tariff, as at 31 December 2016, are provided in the table below.

Over-tariff prisoners in selected prisons by sentence type, 31 December 2016

IPP

Life

Preston

0

4

Garth

57

34

Kirkham

17

19

Wymott

134

56

Lancaster Farms

16

8

These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

We are working hard to reduce the backlog of hearings involving IPP prisoners. We have set up a new unit to tackle this issue and are working with the Parole Board to improve the efficiency of the process.

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