Question follow-through · 125261
Prisoners' Release
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.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 10 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 20 Apr 2026 · 10 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
10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
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.
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Apr 2026
Answer published
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 relea...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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