Question follow-through · 22012
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many IPP prisoners who completed the Building Better Choices programme and were recalled in 2025 were recalled without being charged with a further offence.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Justice and policing
- Prison Sentences: Children in Care · 2 Sept 2026
- Mentally Disordered Offenders: Prisoners' Release · 2 Sept 2026
- Mentally Disordered Offenders: Prisoners' Release · 2 Sept 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many IPP prisoners who completed the Building Better Choices programme and were recalled in 2025 were recalled without being charged with a further offence.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.Building Choices is an accredited cognitive-behavioural programme informed by the latest evidence and thinking about what works to reduce reoffending. It is accredited for delivery ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Prison Sentences: Children in Care
2 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people (a) sentenced to, and (b) still serving a sentence of imprisonment for public protection have previously been living in local authority care.
Mentally Disordered Offenders: Prisoners' Release
2 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people (a) serving, (b) not serving an IPP sentence have been released directly into the community from a secure hospital, since 2016.
Mentally Disordered Offenders: Prisoners' Release
2 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people (a) serving, and (b) not serving an IPP sentence have been detained under the Section 47/49 pathway before release from prison, since 2016.