Prison Sentences
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to reform Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences.
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin
It is right that Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences were abolished. We supported reforms to the IPP licence in the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 in opposition. They commenced on 1 November, which terminated the licence for around 1,800 IPP offenders in the community. The remaining reforms will be implemented on 1 February 2025.
The Government is determined to make further progress to support those serving the IPP sentence towards a safe and sustainable release, but not in a way that compromises public protection.
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