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Written question asked by Baroness Prashar (Crossbench) on Thursday, 20 October 2022, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 3 November 2022. It was answered by Lord Bellamy (Conservative) on Thursday, 27 October 2022 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Prisoners' Transfers

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government how many applications for a pre-tariff review of suitability for open conditions were received by the Public Protection Casework section (PPCS); and of those, how many were (1) referred to the Parole Board, (2) not referred to the Parole Board, and (3) remain outstanding in (a) the 12 months to 6 June 2022; and (b) since 6 June 2022.

Answer

On 6 June the former Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice introduced a new test for the consideration of suitability for those serving indeterminate sentences for transfer to open prison conditions, whether pre- or post-tariff. This allows for greater scrutiny of Parole Board recommendations on open prison moves.

The table below sets out details of information:

Applications for pre-tariff sift received in the 12 months to 6 June 2022: 253

Applications for pre-tariff sift received since 6 June 2022: 114

Referred to the Parole Board

Not referred to the Parole Board

Outstanding

12 Months to 6 June 2022

133

113

7

6 June 2022 to 30 September 2022

9

65

40

NB. These figures have been drawn from the Public Protection Unit Database held by Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. As with any large-scale recording systems, the figures are subject to possible errors with data migration and processing.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL2764
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Prisoners' transfers Open prisons
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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