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Written question asked by Richard Burgon (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 January 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 1 February 2018. It was answered by Rory Stewart (Conservative) on Monday, 5 February 2018 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Sex Offender Treatment Programme

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 124275, on Sex Offender Treatment Programme, in what number of cases the Parole Board has taken account of the completion of the sex offender treatment programme when making a decision on whether to (a) release a prisoner and (b) transfer a prisoner to open conditions since that programme was withdrawn.

Answer

The Parole Board collects data on release decisions according to sentence types. To provide the information requested would require the analysis of individual release decisions and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
125498
Session
2017-19
Related items
Sex Offender Treatment Programme
Monday, 29 January 2018
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Prisoners' transfers Prisoners' release Sex offender treatment programme
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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