Question follow-through · 29260
Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report entitled Imprisonment for Public Protection Interim Member Guidance, published by The Parole Board in October 2024, if she will take steps to support prisoners serving IPP sentences t
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 14 Feb 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report entitled Imprisonment for Public Protection Interim Member Guidance, published by The Parole Board in October 2024, if she will take steps to support prisoners serving IPP sentences t
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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14 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Parole Board published interim guidance to its Members on 12 November 2024 to help them in conducting parole reviews for prisoners serving sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) or Detention for Public Protection (DPP). The guidance enc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
6 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the parole board report on IPP prison sentences.
Prisons: Construction
26 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the policy paper entitled 10-year Prison Capacity Strategy, published on 11 December 2024, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that new prison developments do not negatively impact loc
HMP Channings Wood: Construction
26 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department made an environmental impact assessment prior to the commencement of expansion works at HMP Channings Wood; and whether baseline data on (a) air and (b) noise pollution was collected to mea
Prisons: Construction
26 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using (a) alternatives to traditional construction methods in the construction of prisons and (b) modular and rapid deployment cells to mee
HMP Channings Wood: Prison Accommodation
28 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Rapid Deployment Cells are in use at Channings Wood.
Prisoners: Parents
12 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how her Department holds records of children with a parent in prison; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of holding this information in (a) a single and (b) multiple databases.
Sexual Offences: Disclosure of Information
9 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will amend section 100 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to ensure victims of rape and sexual violence do not have their past disclosures used as evidence to drop their case.
HMP Dartmoor: Radon Gas
30 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to tackle the levels of radon gas at HMP Dartmoor.
Rape: Victim Support Schemes
16 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when her department plans to confirm allocations for the Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund for 2026/27.
Rape: Victim Support Schemes
16 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) discontinuement and (b) funding freeze of the Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund on waiting lists.
McClure Solicitors: Insolvency
2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has asked the Solicitors Regulation Authority to meet representatives of former clients of McClure Solicitors who have requested direct engagement with the regulator.
McClure Solicitors: Insolvency
2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what specific warning signs relating to McClure Solicitors were identified by legal services regulators prior to the firm’s collapse, and when those warning signs were first identified.