Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bellamy on 20 September (HL2073), what estimate they have made of the cost to the Exchequer of the delayed release of prisoners to whom the policy outlined in that answer applies.

The Written Answer provided on 20 September 2022 (HL2073) confirmed that the reconsideration mechanism, which permits the Secretary of State or the prisoner to apply to the Parole Board for its provisional decision to be reconsidered, has not introduced significant delays or associated additional costs to the Exchequer, when it comes to the process for implementing release directions made by the Parole Board.