The Sentencing Bill 2024–25 aims to move towards an ‘earned progression scheme’, where eligible prisoners could be released earlier. However, as the Bill is currently drafted, it is unclear as to how this scheme will work in practice, especially as to whether as the Independent Sentencing Review set out, it is contingent on whether they have engaged constructively with the regime. We are concerned by the Government’s ambition to effectively implement any such scheme, given the evidence we have heard regarding failures to provide purposeful activity and time out of cell. (Conclusion, Paragraph 89)