United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 107128
Prison Sentences
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20 January 2026
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27 January 2026 · Answer
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27 January 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will consider the potential merits of retrospectively abolishing Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences.
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20 January 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will consider the potential merits of retrospectively abolishing Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences.
Source: Commons
27 January 2026
Answer
It is right that the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence was abolished. Public protection will always be the top priority and abolishing the IPP sentence retrospectively would result in prisoners being released whom the independent Parole Bo...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-01-20/107128
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1873472
- uk · wq-1873472 · source updated 27 January 2026