Prisoners: Imprisonment for Public Protection Debate
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(1 year, 8 months ago)
Lords ChamberMy 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.
My Lords, it is the turn of the Labour Benches.
My Lords, to simplify the situation and make it abundantly clear: are the numbers rising or lowering in each category?
My Lords, I am not sure I entirely understood the noble and learned Lord’s question.
My Lords, what I want to know is whether the numbers of these prisoners are rising or lowering in each category.
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.