Lord Bradley – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Bradley on 2015-10-29.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people serving (1) life sentences, and (2) imprisonment for public protection sentences, were transferred from closed to open prison conditions following authorisation by the Parole Board in each month since January 2013.
Lord Faulks
The table below gives a breakdown of the number of indeterminate sentence prisoners who were recommended by the Parole Board for transfer to open conditions.
The data covers the period from 1 January 2013 to 31 October 2015, broken down by month, and distinguish between those serving a life sentence and those serving an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment for public protection.
These figures have been drawn from a live administrative IT system which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
April |
May |
June |
July |
Aug |
Sept |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Totals |
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2013 |
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Open Recommendations made by PB: |
IPP |
57 |
62 |
66 |
73 |
69 |
78 |
61 |
68 |
67 |
60 |
64 |
54 |
779 |
Lifer |
59 |
48 |
40 |
48 |
51 |
51 |
46 |
43 |
37 |
47 |
41 |
27 |
538 |
|
Approved for Transfer: |
IPP |
52 |
58 |
59 |
60 |
70 |
65 |
77 |
76 |
63 |
74 |
47 |
80 |
781 |
Lifer |
38 |
63 |
44 |
40 |
53 |
38 |
58 |
48 |
38 |
50 |
33 |
47 |
550 |
|
2014 |
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Open Recommendations made by PB: |
IPP |
62 |
68 |
41 |
74 |
54 |
49 |
69 |
48 |
35 |
44 |
50 |
48 |
642 |
Lifer |
44 |
31 |
31 |
28 |
36 |
33 |
40 |
28 |
17 |
24 |
38 |
24 |
374 |
|
Approved for Transfer: |
IPP |
65 |
46 |
74 |
45 |
38 |
26 |
54 |
43 |
41 |
64 |
48 |
46 |
590 |
Lifer |
30 |
34 |
39 |
21 |
15 |
20 |
23 |
23 |
28 |
31 |
20 |
29 |
313 |
|
2015 |
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Open Recommendations made by PB: |
IPP |
61 |
47 |
49 |
48 |
46 |
56 |
38 |
32 |
33 |
32 |
N/A |
N/A |
442 |
Lifer |
39 |
28 |
28 |
25 |
25 |
38 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
33 |
N/A |
N/A |
285 |
|
Approved for Transfer: |
IPP |
57 |
41 |
54 |
40 |
42 |
63 |
55 |
34 |
35 |
35 |
N/A |
N/A |
456 |
Lifer |
31 |
16 |
36 |
26 |
16 |
33 |
35 |
24 |
22 |
22 |
N/A |
N/A |
261 |