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Parole Board Member Recruitment
Member guidance for cases where the prisoner’s first language is not English (or Welsh), and translation of documents, or an interpreter, may be needed.
The Parole Board decides whether prisoners who are serving certain types of sentences can be released.
Parole Board's Complaints Policy and Code of Conduct for Members and Staff.
The Parole Board Rules were introduced on 22 July 2019 and apply to all parole cases referred to the Parole Board on or after that date.
Members of the public can now request summaries of parole decisions.
Revised Guidance on Quality Assurance
Improving victims engagement in the parole process
Member guidance on neurodiveristy.
Guidance for members on prisoners who maintain their innocence
Member guidance on IPP/DPP sentenced individuals.
The Parole Board welcomes feedback from anyone and as such we have developed a new avenue to provide feedback.
Revised Guidance on Oral Hearings
Information on the process for licence terminations for those serving Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) or Detention for Public Protection (DPP) sentence
The Parole Board Observer Guidance has been updated.
Setting aside a Parole Board decision
The Parole Board reconsideration mechanism was launched on 22 July 2019. This allows parties to the case to apply for reconsideration of a parole decision.
A Parole Board decision can be challenged through: The reconsideration mechanism, an application to set aside a decision and Judicial review
Guidance for Parole Board members carrying out Member Case Assessment (MCA) work
The latest revised guidance on victims.
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