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Prison Sentences

Commons · Question 89649 · Tabled 11 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 17 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for the termination of IPP licences have been refused in each of the past 12 months; and what proportion of total applications that represents.

Answer

Answered by Jake Richards, 17 Nov 2025

The process of terminating an IPP licence does not require an application to be made. Rather, the Secretary of State for Justice has a statutory obligation to refer an offender serving an IPP sentence to the Parole Board once three years have elapsed sinc...