Prisoners: Imprisonment for Public Protection Debate
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Lord Morris of Aberavon
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Prisoners: Imprisonment for Public Protection
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Lord Bellamy (Con)
My Lords, the then Government decided that the abolition of the IPP sentence should not be retrospective. The existing IPP action plan has had a certain degree of success, and the revised IPP action plan will, we hope, fully address the problem.
Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)
My Lords, it is the turn of the Labour Benches.
Lord Morris of Aberavon (Lab)
My Lords, to simplify the situation and make it abundantly clear: are the numbers rising or lowering in each category?
Lord Bellamy (Con)
My Lords, I am not sure I entirely understood the noble and learned Lord’s question.
Lord Morris of Aberavon (Lab)
My Lords, what I want to know is whether the numbers of these prisoners are rising or lowering in each category.
Lord Bellamy (Con)
They are currently, in broad terms, about the same. We have 1,400 who have never been released; we have 1,500, roughly speaking, on licence; we are releasing, including rereleases, about 600 a year; and recalls are running at slightly less than that.