Prisoners: Open Prisons
Commons · Question 17262 · Tabled 2 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Kim Johnson
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of Parole Board recommendations on moving (a) prisoners serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence and (b) other prisoners to open conditions were rejected by the Governme
Answer
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 5 Dec 2024
In the response to PQ 15952, it was explained that the transfer of an indeterminate sentence prisoner to open conditions is a decision for the Secretary of State. It was also explained that there is no current power for the Government to overrule a Parole...