Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence are currently on licence in the community; and of those, how many have had their supervision requirement terminated, broken down by the number of years since they were first released from custody.
All IPP offenders are released on an IPP licence for a minimum period of 10 years. The Probation Service may apply to the Parole Board for the suspension of the supervisory conditions on an offender’s IPP licence only after the offender has completed five years of continuous, trouble-free resettlement and good behaviour in the community (other than in exceptional circumstances). The Parole Board is responsible for making the final decision on whether supervision should be suspended.
As of March 2022, 3,258 offenders, serving an IPP sentence, were on licence in the community. Of these, 172 offenders serving an IPP sentence have had their supervision requirement suspended. The following table shows this figure broken down by the number of years since they were first released from custody*.
Years since first release from custody | Count of IPP cases where the supervision requirement is terminated |
4 | 3 |
5 | 4 |
6 | 9 |
7 | 12 |
8 | 47 |
9 | 42 |
10 | 30 |
11 | 13 |
12 | 5 |
13 | 6 |
14 | 1 |
Grand Total | 172 |
*Data Caveats: