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Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people serving imprisonment for public protection sentences were (a) classified as Category A prisoners and (b) in Category A prisons on 11 March 2025.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 14 Mar 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people serving imprisonment for public protection sentences were (a) classified as Category A prisoners and (b) in Category A prisons on 11 March 2025.
14 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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14 Mar 2025
Answer published
Category A prisoners are those that are considered to pose the highest risk to the public, the Police or national security. High security establishments are designed to mitigate those risks and to prevent escape.Some Category B prisoners are held in high ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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