Question follow-through · 30718
Prisoners: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of people that died of natural courses in prison while serving an indeterminate sentence for public protection in 2024.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 11 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 19 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
11 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of people that died of natural courses in prison while serving an indeterminate sentence for public protection in 2024.
13 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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19 Feb 2025
Answer published
The total number of prisoners who died of natural causes1,2 whilst in custody3,4 whilst serving an indeterminate sentence for public protection, January 2024 to December 2024, England and Wales. Jan 2024 to Dec 2024Total12 It is right that IPP sentences ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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