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Prisoners' Release

Asked by Bambos CharalambousLabourMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 20 April 2026UIN 125261

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence have been released from prison in each of the last seven years broken down by prison.

Answered by Jake Richards

The requested data is provided in the attached file. The data provided covers the number of prisoners serving IPP sentences released for the first time, broken down by prison, for the period 2018 to 2024 in England and Wales. The data does not cover release decisions following recall.

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