Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 6 March 2023 to Question HL5679,on Prisoners, what recent discussions he has had with the Chief Inspector of Probation on his timetable for completing the requested inspection of proportionality of recall decisions for people who are imprisoned for public protection.

As Minister of State for Prisons and Probation, I met with the interim Chief Inspector of Probation on 6 December 2023, where the Inspectorate’s upcoming report on the thematic inspections of imprisonment for public protection (IPP) recall decisions was discussed. His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation are due to publish their report on the thematic inspections of IPP recall decisions before the end of the year.