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Guidance to provide advice to Parole Board members who may find themselves appointed to a hearing which is to be held in public.
How Parole Board members decide to refer cases to an oral hearing, and the rules they must follow when making this decision.
Vacancy: Non-Executive Director of the Management Committee of the Parole Board for England and Wales and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee
The Parole Board Interim Covid-19 Guidance issued in October 2020 has been replaced with a Frequently Asked Questions document.
Overview and guidance on parole for children and young people.
The Parole Board has issued guidance to members on children and prisoners in secure hospitals/mental health units during the parole process
Parole Board guidance for members regarding prisoners who are children.
The Parole Board has submitted its response to the MoJ consultation: "Reconsideration of Parole Board decisions: creating a new and open system."
This is the guide for Parole Board oral hearings.
Guidance for Parole Board members and parole practitioners about what is expected of them when contributing to an oral hearing.
A comprehensive review of the generic parole process for indeterminate sentence prisoners.
Parole Board continue to follow government advice to postpone all oral hearings
Parole Board duty members deal with requests received from the Secretary of State or the prisoner/legal representative that fall outside routine processes.
Information setting out how the Parole Board uses Twitter.
Prioritisation Framework for Paper Reviews under the Member Case Assessment Process (June 2023 v1.0)
The Parole Board has revised its policy and guidance on digitally recording parole proceedings.
Member guidance for cases where the prisoner’s first or preferred language is Welsh, as well as any other individual that communicates with the Board in Welsh.
This guidance offers information on the Board's duties under the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime.
There were 341 active and 8 former active members in 2021/22.
The operational protocol sets out how the parole system operates
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