{"value":{"id":1755038,"askingMemberId":337,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-13T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-27T00:00:00","uin":"HL3984","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of people serving an imprisonment for public protection sentence (1) were directed to remain in closed conditions, (2) received a recommendation for transfer to open conditions, and (3) were directed to be released at their first Parole Board hearing, in each year since 2005.","answeringBodyId":54,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Justice","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":5364,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-27T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Parole Board publishes performance data annually. The period of time it covers is a financial year, 1 April to 31 March. Therefore, data is provided for a) 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 and b) 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.</p><p>The release outcomes are for all releases, whether following paper review or oral hearing and regardless of the number of parole reviews/hearings the prisoner has had. The Parole Board do not currently hold data for the number of life sentenced prisoners released at their first Parole Board hearing.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\"><p>Life sentenced prisoners following a parole review (Member Case Assessment &amp; Oral Hearing)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Remain in custody</p></td><td><p>Recommendation for open</p></td><td><p>Release</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>684</p></td><td><p>314</p></td><td><p>489</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>464</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The release outcomes are for all releases, whether following paper review or oral hearing, and regardless of the number of parole reviews/hearings the prisoner has had. The Parole Board does not currently hold data for the number of IPP sentenced prisoners released at their first Parole Board hearing.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"4\"><p>IPP sentenced prisoners (Member Case Assessment &amp; Oral Hearing)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Remain in custody</p></td><td><p>Recommendation for open</p></td><td><p>Release</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/6</p></td><td><p>No records</p></td><td><p>No records</p></td><td><p>No records</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/7</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/8</p></td><td><p>192</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/9</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>1,197</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1,789</p></td><td><p>612</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1,552</p></td><td><p>650</p></td><td><p>424</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1,555</p></td><td><p>662</p></td><td><p>511</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1,361</p></td><td><p>763</p></td><td><p>595</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1,074</p></td><td><p>641</p></td><td><p>625</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>703</p></td><td><p>504</p></td><td><p>746</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>576</p></td><td><p>468</p></td><td><p>905</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>504</p></td><td><p>463</p></td><td><p>936</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>523</p></td><td><p>326</p></td><td><p>893</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>848</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>824</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>840</p></td><td><p>336</p></td><td><p>865</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>732</p></td><td><p>252</p></td><td><p>788</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>665</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>657</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023/24</p></td><td><p>786</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>777</p></td></tr></tbody></table>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Prisoners","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1755038","method":"GET"}]}