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<p>The IPP Action Plan is regularly reviewed to ensure that it is responsive to the
needs of those serving IPP sentences, whether in prison or in the community. A large
number of IPP prisoners have been released each year since the IPP Action Plan was
first introduced in 2016, and the Plan will be refreshed, reviewed and republished
after careful consideration of the forthcoming Justice Select Committee’s Report and
recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>The Public Protection Casework Section in HM Prison
and Probation Service (HMPPS) HQ has implemented active case management, which is
directed towards ensuring that probation and prison staff comply with directions from
Parole Board Panels in a timely fashion.</p><p> </p><p>Best practice ideals, based
on an initiative that started in prisons in the East of England Region, were developed
and rolled out for use in a number of prisons prior to the pandemic. The roll out
was then unavoidably disrupted by the exceptional delivery models which had to be
implemented on the grounds of public health. Progress of the best practice ideals
will be reviewed as part of the wider action plan following consideration of the Justice
Select Committee’s report and recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>Offenders subject to
IPP sentences are eligible for electronic monitoring following release on licence,
where considered necessary and proportionate by the Parole Board. The additional investment
of £183m in the expansion of electronic monitoring will also increase the availability
of electronic monitoring for IPP offenders. Those whose risk is linked to alcohol
are eligible for alcohol monitoring on licence, which was introduced in Wales in November
and will be rolled out to England this summer. IPP releases will also be eligible
for a project targeting high-risk domestic abuse perpetrators, where they will have
their whereabouts monitored using GPS tags to protect victims, and potential future
victims, from further trauma. The project will begin in 2023 and we expect to tag
around 3,500 offenders.</p><p> </p><p>HM Prison and Probation Service has developed
a dataset and data dashboard, which is shared on a quarterly basis with Probation
Regions and Prison Groups to support them in their efforts to monitor and manage their
IPP populations, both in prisons and the community. The dashboard is still evolving
and kept under review, as we identify new ways to capture additional key management
information and present it in such a way as to be the most helpful to the operational
line.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of <del class="ministerial">IPP</del>
progression panels <ins class="ministerial">(lifers and IPPs)</ins> that have taken
place in each Probation region by year since June 2019*: During the COVID-19 pandemic,
and in accordance with measures mandated in the interests of public health, HM Prison
and Probation Service (HMPPS) implemented exceptional delivery models which inevitably
had some impact on all operational work.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Probation
Region</strong></p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>The number of <del class="ministerial">IPP</del>
progression panels held <del class="ministerial">by year</del> <strong><ins class="ministerial">(Lifers
and IPPs)</ins> </strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>01/06/2019 to 31/12/2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>01/01/2022
to 22/03/2022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East
Midlands Region</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>844</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East
of England</p></td><td><p>224</p></td><td><p>715</p></td><td><p>554</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>1,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater
Manchester</p></td><td><p>294</p></td><td><p>472</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>1,093</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent
Surrey Sussex Region</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>529</p></td><td><p>426</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>1,163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>551</p></td><td><p>629</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National
Security Division</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">#</del>
<ins class="ministerial">*</ins></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">#</del>
<ins class="ministerial">*</ins></p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East
Region</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>423</p></td><td><p>196</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North
West Region</p></td><td><p>298</p></td><td><p>710</p></td><td><p>447</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>1,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
Central</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>328</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>834</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
West</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>469</p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>914</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>174</p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>537</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Midlands Region</p></td><td><p>304</p></td><td><p>868</p></td><td><p>522</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>1,820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire
and The Humber</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>635</p></td><td><p>422</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>1,299</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown
Region</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">#</del> <ins class="ministerial">*</ins></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">#</del><ins class="ministerial"> *</ins></p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>2,330</p></td><td><p>6,322</p></td><td><p>4,407</p></td><td><p>929</p></td><td><p>13,988</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*<del
class="ministerial">Caveats</del><ins class="ministerial">Notes</ins>:</p><p><del
class="ministerial">1. # - A value less than 3, or a value suppressed to prevent the
disclosure of a value less than 3.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">2. This data
is from the Probation Case Management System, National Delius. While data accuracy
has been assured as far as practical, as with any large administrative data source
the likelihood of some errors cannot be eliminated.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">3.
Panels without a recorded outcome (from the point that an outcome was required to
be recorded) were assumed to not have taken place.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">4.
Due to probation restructures in 2020 and 2021, a small number of panels could not
be assigned to a region. These are recorded as 'Unknown Region'.</del></p><p><ins
class="ministerial">1. Panels without a recorded outcome (from the point that an outcome
was required to be recorded) were assumed to not have taken place.</ins></p><p><ins
class="ministerial">2. Due to probation restructures in 2020 and 2021, a small number
of panels could not be assigned to a region. These are recorded as 'Unknown Region'.</ins></p><p><ins
class="ministerial">3. <strong>Disclosure control</strong>. An asterisk (*) has been
used to suppress values of one or two. This is to prevent the disclosure of individual
information. Further disclosure control may be completed where this alone is not sufficient.</ins></p><p><ins
class="ministerial">4. <strong>Data sources and quality</strong>. The figures in these
tables have been drawn from the Probation Case Management System, National Delius
administrative, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible
errors with data entry and processing.</ins></p><p> </p>
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