Question follow-through · 26664
Mentally Disordered Offenders: Prisoners' Release
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.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 6 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
2 Sept 2026
Question tabled
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.
8 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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8 Sept 2026
Answer published
Section 47/49 of the Mental Health Act (1983) allows for the transfer of a serving prisoners to psychiatric hospital, where the statutory criteria for transfer under the Act are met. The specific information requested could only be provided at disproporti...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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