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The updated Framework for listing oral hearings.
Improving victims engagement in the parole process
This is guidance for Parole Board members when a situation arises that a case cannot be progressed at any stage during a review.
This guidance on non-disclosure applications was revised in March 2024.
This is the revised guidance on Types of Cases.
A Parole Board decision can be challenged through: The reconsideration mechanism, an application to set aside a decision and Judicial review
The latest revised guidance on victims.
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
Revised Guidance on Representation
The Parole Board welcomes feedback from anyone and as such we have developed a new avenue to provide feedback.
Guidance for members on prisoners who maintain their innocence
Guidance for panels to identify if/when the support of an intermediary may be required for a prisoner.
Revised Guidance on Restricted Patients and the Mental Health Act.
Revised guidance on prisoners who are transgender
The is a public guide to show the Decision-Making Framework used by Parole Board members
Revised Guidance on Judicial Reviews and Private Law Claims
Guidance for Parole Board members regarding interventions undertaken by prisoners.
An outline of the parole process
Revised Guidance on Foreign National Prisoners
This booklet is for prisoners who decide not to have help from a lawyer when getting ready for their parole review and how best to prepare for an oral hearing.
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