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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Justice – in the House of Commons at on 9 July 2019.

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Photo of Robert Buckland Robert Buckland The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice

My hon. Friend asks an important question about sentences of indeterminate length for public protection. I assure him that the Parole Board applies the most rigorous of tests before release. Indeed, the number of recalls to prison pursuant to that regime is about 1,000 prisoners. We still have 2,500 within the estate subject to that regime. There are counterweights that suggest to me that some prisoners have been there for too long, but I hear what he says.