Prisoners' Transfers: Homicide
Commons · Question 85326 · Tabled 27 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of making people convicted of murder ineligible for transfer to open prisons.
Answer
Answered by Jake Richards, 4 Nov 2025
Public protection is the Government’s foremost priority when considering any progression within the custodial estate.There are no current plans to restrict those convicted of murder from being held in open prison conditions, as long as it safe to do so.A ...