Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the licence conditions of prisoners who have been released on licence are always held on the Police National Computer; and, if not, why not.

Prisons are required to share licences with the Police National Computer Bureau at the point a prisoner is released. Police officers are alerted by the licence flag on the PNC to request the specific details of conditions from the Probation Service in individual cases.

In 2022, a new digital platform to manage licences was rolled out across Prisons and Probation called Create and Vary a Licence (CVL). This includes additional prompts to remind prison staff to share licence information with the PNC Bureau.