§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, after serving approximately what proportion of their sentences, category A and category B prisoners, respectively, are normally reviewed for the purposes of decategorisation.
§ Mr. HurdThe decision to place a prisoner in category A is normally reviewed at intervals of 12 months. There is no set time scale for reviewing the classification of category B prisoners, but this is generally done after one third of the sentence, and annually thereafter.