Source · Select Committees · Justice Committee
Recommendation 6
6
Deferred
Paragraph: 80
Lack of transparency in programme evaluations hinders confidence in IPP prisoner outcomes
Conclusion
Programmes, pathways and other interventions are often relied upon by HMPPS and the Parole Board to help determine risk, and so it is vital that they deliver the outcomes they purport to deliver. We are concerned about the lack of transparency surrounding programme evaluations, and so cannot be confident that existing IPP sentences 59 programmes deliver adequate outcomes for prisoners. Some programmes have been evaluated yet have been found ineffective; other programmes are being used and relied upon yet have not been evaluated or, where they have, the evaluation has not been published, as has been the case with Professor Paul Moran’s evaluation of the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway.
Government Response Summary
The government states this recommendation is for the Parole Board to respond to, who has indicated they will undertake a review of their Listings Priority Framework, and the government awaits the outcome.
Paragraph Reference:
80
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
This recommendation is for the Parole Board to respond to which they have done as part of their full response to the entire report. The Parole Board have noted that altering listings may disadvantage other offenders, however they confirmed that they will undertake a review of their Listings Priority Framework with this recommendation in mind, and the Government looks forward to hearing the outcome from this.