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The updated Framework for listing oral hearings.
A guide for legal practitioners about how the Parole Board handles litigation and the way it deals with judicial reviews.
Guidance for Parole Board members carrying out Member Case Assessment (MCA) work
Member guidance on neurodiveristy.
Guidance for members on risk assessment of prisoners.
This guidance on non-disclosure applications was revised in March 2024.
The is a public guide to show the Decision-Making Framework used by Parole Board members
Information on the process for licence terminations for those serving Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) or Detention for Public Protection (DPP) sentence
The power to refer high-risk prisoners to the Board, in place of automatic release, is set out in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022
A Parole Board decision can be challenged through: The reconsideration mechanism, an application to set aside a decision and Judicial review
The Parole Board Observer Guidance has been updated.
Guidance for panels to identify if/when the support of an intermediary may be required for a prisoner.
There were 341 active and 8 former active members in 2021/22.
The guidance is part of a range of initiatives to move the Parole Board to a trauma-informed and trauma-responsive organisation.
Revised Guidance on Oral Hearings
Revised Guidance on Foreign National Prisoners
The key principles the Parole Board must follow when considering an allegation that has been made against a prisoner and the allegation is disputed.
This is guidance for Parole Board members when a situation arises that a case cannot be progressed at any stage during a review.
Vacancy: Non-Executive Director of the Management Committee of the Parole Board for England and Wales and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee
This is the revised guidance on Types of Cases.
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