Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of prisoners who have been mis-sentenced to imprisonment for public protection after the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 came into force to abolish the sentence.

The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 abolished the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence and it could not be imposed for anyone convicted on or after 03 December 2012.

No individuals were convicted after 03 December 2012 and subsequently given an IPP sentence.

Nine people were given an IPP sentence in 2013 but all were convicted before the sentence was abolished.