The Parole Board welcomes the proposals recently announced as part of the Victims and Prisoners Bill for reducing the qualifying period for the eligibility for termination of an IPP licence from ten years to three years, and, if not terminated at that point, an automatic termination after two years. These are still proposals in the Victims and Prisoners Bill and the Board is following the passage of the Bill very closely.
Under current legislation, the Parole Board has considered 576 referrals made under section 31A of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 to consider terminating the IPP licence, of which 230 have now been terminated. Where the licence has not been terminated, the case is referred again for further consideration in 12 months.
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