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<p>It is for the independent Parole Board to review the detention of those prisoners
serving an IPP sentence who have completed their tariff period. The Board will direct
the release of these prisoners only if it is satisfied that the levels of risk posed
to the general public are reduced enough that the National Probation Service and its
partner agencies can safely manage them in the community under supervision.</p><p>
</p><p>Whilst HM Prison and Probation Service is focused on giving all prisoners serving
IPP sentences opportunities to progress towards release, public protection must remain
our priority.</p><p> </p><p>The information you ask for is available in the public
domain; however, I have provided it below for ease of reference.</p><p> </p><p>The
following table provides the number of first releases from IPP sentences in each of
the last 5 years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015<strong>[1]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Releases</p></td><td><p>419</p></td><td><p>562</p></td><td><p>576</p></td><td><p>616</p></td><td><p>506</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>[1]
Due to improvements in IT systems, the 2015 prison admissions data is now taken from
a different source and, for statistical reporting purposes only, are produced using
a different method. The 2015 figures from both the old and new systems have been presented
to aid comparison.</p><p> </p><p>The following table provides the number of offenders
recalled from IPP licences in each of the last 5 years. It should be noted that these
are incidences of recall and that offenders may appear more than once if they have
been recalled on multiple occasions. It should also be noted that the recall and release
numbers in each corresponding year do not necessarily relate to the same individuals.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Recalls</p></td><td><p>96[2]</p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>482</p></td><td><p>492</p></td><td><p>637</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>2
Published data for IPP recalls was not collated separately to other types of indeterminate
sentence prior to September 2014, and so can only be provided at disproportionate
cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the population of prisoners
serving IPP sentences who have never been released as at the end of March each year
since 2012:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>31 March 2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31
Mar 2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 Mar 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31
Mar 2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 Mar 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31
Mar 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 Mar 2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31
March 2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6,017</p></td><td><p>5,809</p></td><td><p>5,206</p></td><td><p>4,756</p></td><td><p>4,133</p></td><td><p>3,528</p></td><td><p>2,884</p></td><td><p>2,403</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>As with any large-scale recording system, administrative IT systems are subject
to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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