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date	12/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many standard determinate sentences enabling halfway release were handed down in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	31291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/08/2021 answer text <p>In order to answer these questions, it would be necessary to establish the number of serious violent offenders affected by the Release of Prisoners (Alteration of Relevant Proportion of Sentence) Order 2020 but this could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Most offenders given a standard determinate sentence (SDS) must be released automatically at the halfway point of the sentence. Since the implementation of this Order, however, anyone sentenced on or after 1 April 2020 and given an SDS of 7 years or more for serious sexual or violent offences where the maximum penalty is a life sentence is required to spend two-thirds – rather than half – of that sentence in prison before being released on licence.</p><p> </p><p>Data on sentencing outcomes by offence, including average custodial sentence length, is published here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 31287 31289 question first answered 10/08/2021 16:02:16 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

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date	14/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Prison Reform Trust’s report, No life, no freedom, no future, published December 2020, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of repealing IPP sentences.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	181127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>While the Government has no plans to repeal IPP sentences, it keeps the operation of those sentences under review. The focus is on ensuring, via a joint HMPPS/Parole Board action plan, that IPP prisoners have every opportunity to progress towards safe release.</p><p> </p><p>This approach is working, with high numbers of unreleased IPP prisoners achieving a release decision each year. All IPP prisoners will have their continued detention reviewed by the independent Parole Board at least once every two years.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 19/04/2021 15:53:33 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana