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HMP Cardiff

Answer

As at 31 March 2017, there were 3,528 prisoners serving a sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP). Of these, 542 were pre-tariff and 2,985 were post-tariff.

Data concerning IPP prisoners is published in the quarterly offender management statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly

Table 1 shows the number of prisoners serving IPP sentences at prisons in Wales. This is also broken down to show the number of prisoners serving IPP sentences in HMP Cardiff and HMP Parc.

Table 1: Number of prisoners serving IPP sentences at prisons in Wales; as at 31 March 2017
	31-Mar-17
Total	102
of which:
HMP Cardiff	7
HMP Parc	27
Data sources and quality
The figures in this table have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and the Parole Board will continue to work together to improve the progression of IPP prisoners. This group continue to achieve release in high numbers, with 576 first time IPP releases in 2016, the highest figure since the sentence was introduced.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

3234

Session

2017-19

Grouped for answer

Yes

Subjects

Prisoners Prison sentences HMP Cardiff

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

View this Written question on www.parliament.uk