What we do

The Parole Board is an independent body that carries out risk assessments on prisoners to determine whether they can be safely released into the community.

Parole Board is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Ministry of Justice.

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Documents

Our announcements

  1. Triennial review of the Parole Board

    • 22 January 2015
    • News story

  2. Fair for the Future update - December 2014

    • 11 December 2014
    • News story

See all our announcements

Our publications

  1. Board Sheet, Parole Board newsletter, January 2015

    • 2 February 2015
    • Correspondence

  2. Parole Board Litigation Strategy: for legal practitioners

    • 7 January 2015
    • Guidance

See all our publications

Our management

    Contact Parole Board

    General Enquiries

    The Parole Board for England and Wales
    52 Queen Anne’s Gate
    London
    SW1H 9AG
    DX:152380, Westminster 8

    Reviews Teams, Recalls Team and Admin Team

    Reviews Team / Recalls Team
    The Parole Board for England and Wales
    52 Queen Anne’s Gate
    London
    SW1H 9AG

    The Reviews Teams are responsible for all casework relating to oral hearings for pre-release parole reviews for indeterminate and determinate sentence prisoners.

    The Recalls Team is responsible for arranging oral hearings to consider representation for re-release for determinate and indeterminate sentence prisoners.

    The Admin Team is responsible for all casework relating to indeterminate and determinate paper reviews both pre-release and following recall.


    For specific cases, please use the "Contact Form" above to list individual contact details for case managers on the Reviews and Recalls Teams..

    Legal Adviser

    Natalya O'Prey
    The Parole Board for England and Wales
    52 Queen Anne’s Gate
    London
    SW1H 9AG

    Responsible for handling all litigation matters.

    Media Enquiries

    Media Enquiries
    The Parole Board for England and Wales
    52 Queen Anne’s Gate
    London
    SW1H 9AG

    Please be aware that the Parole Board will not comment upon individual cases.

    Chairman

    Sir David Calvert-Smith
    The Parole Board for England and Wales
    52 Queen Anne’s Gate
    London
    SW1H 9AG

    Chief Executive

    Claire Bassett
    The Parole Board for England and Wales
    52 Queen Anne’s Gate
    London
    SW1H 9AG

    Make an FOI request

    1. Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request
    2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question
    3. Make a new request by contacting us at:

    Freedom of information enquiries

    Knowledge & Information Manager
    The Parole Board for England and Wales
    52 Queen Anne’s Gate
    London
    SW1H 9AG

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