Prison Sentences
Commons · Question 107129 · Tabled 20 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Alex Sobel
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has conducted research into the potential merits of retrospectively abolishing Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences.
Answer
Answered by Jake Richards, 27 Jan 2026
It is right that the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence was abolished. The Justice Committee and various organisations have considered a resentencing exercise but none have identified an approach that would not pose too great a risk to the ...