Parole: Costs
Commons · Question 6821 · Tabled 4 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Kim Johnson
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of Parole Board hearings relating to people serving a sentence of imprisonment for public protection who had been recalled to custody having not committed
Answer
Answered by Jake Richards, 12 Jun 2026
The power to recall is a vital public protection measure. Where an offender serving an IPP sentence is recalled to custody, it is because the Probation Service has assessed that the offender’s risk has escalated to the point where the offender may no long...