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Question follow-through · 2927

Sentencing: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the need for reform of sentence progression for prisoners who remain in custody on historic Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences who have served their minimum terms.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
30 Aug 2024
Target answer date
3 Sept 2024
Answer
9 Sept 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Aug 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the need for reform of sentence progression for prisoners who remain in custody on historic Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences who have served their minimum terms.

  2. 3 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    This Government is determined to make further progress towards a safe and sustainable release for those serving the IPP sentence. We believe that it is right that these sentences were abolished, and in Opposition we supported changes made in the Victims a...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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4 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of child safeguarding monitoring after a child’s parent is imprisoned.

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Prisoners: Children

4 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children have (a) parents and (b) guardians who are imprisoned; and how many of those children are living without an adult guardian.

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Prisoners: Children

4 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to support the children of people who are imprisoned.

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Employment: Sexual Harassment

27 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions were brought for workplace sexual harassment under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 in each of the last five years.

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Members: Correspondence

30 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to respond to correspondence from the hon. Member for Salford of 30 October 2025 on deaths in custody and prison management at HMP Forest Bank, reference number MC128673.