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Prisoners Release

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners do not have their case recorded on the NOMS pre-release section database. (220799)

The database referred to which the hon. and learned Member refers is designed to record information on those cases in which officials in the Public Protection Unit in the National Offender Management Service have a direct involvement. Therefore, it holds data on prisoners serving a life sentence or an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment for public protection. It also holds data on determinate sentence prisoners who have been recalled to custody following release on licence or who have had an oral hearing to consider their parole application. It does not hold information on other determinate sentence prisoners.