Select Committee · Justice Committee

Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences

Status: Closed Opened: 21 Sep 2021 Closed: 30 May 2024 15 recommendations 7 conclusions 1 report

Following the announcement that a General Election will be held on 4 July, Select Committees will be unable to meet from 24 May and will cease to exist from 30 May until after the General Election. This work has therefore closed. As of 30 June 2021, more than 1,700 people are in prison serving indeterminate …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Third Report - IPP sentences HC 266 28 Sep 2022 22 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
19 Recommendation Third Report - IPP sentences Accepted in Part

Prevent indefinite imprisonment of offenders due to lack of community resources

Concerns about available community resource for released offenders are valid and need to be taken into consideration. However, the lack of such resource is not a suitable reason for keeping people imprisoned indefinitely. We reiterate the words of our predecessor Committee: as a matter of policy and common sense rather …

Government response. The government partially accepts, disagreeing that recalls are unnecessary due to resource lack but committing to an independent inspection of recall culture. They also state that policy will imminently change to offer more flexible electronic monitoring for curfews for indeterminate …
Ministry of Justice

Correspondence

3 letters
DateDirectionTitle
26 Apr 2023 To cttee Letter from Alex Chalk KC MP, Lord Chancellor and the Secretary of State for Ju…
19 Oct 2022 To cttee Letter from Brandon Lewis CBE MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Ju…
21 Jan 2022 Open letter on IPP inquiry