Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving sentences for imprisonment for public protection whose tariffs have expired (a) did not complete and (b) were waiting for places on offending behaviour courses in each year since 2010; and what those courses are.

The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost as central records are not kept for all aspects of the management of prisoners sentenced to an indeterminate sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP).

HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and the Parole Board will continue to work together to improve the progression of IPP prisoners. We have established a new IPP Progression Team, to ensure that the parole process is operating as efficiently as possible. In 2015, we released 512 IPP prisoners – the highest number of annual releases to date. HMPPS will continue to invest in interventions to assist prisoners to both reduce their risk and demonstrate such progression to the Parole Board.