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Ministers have approved the appointment, reappointment and extensions of Parole Board members.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Statement by The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice on Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service.
Elizabeth Truss thanked staff at HMP Bristol and Bristol Civil and Family Justice Centre for their ‘vital work’.
The Secretary of State for Justice has announced the re-appointment of Dr Peter Knight for 12 months.
More female and black and minority ethnic candidates have been appointed Queen’s Counsel than ever before.
Below are the names of the first cohort of newly appointed Parole Board members, following our announcement in November.
An update on the e-Dossier project at the Parole Board which aims to have paperless hearings by October 2017.
Details of when the Parole Board office will be closed over the Christmas period.
The Secretary of State for Justice has extended the tenure of Nigel Newcomen, the current Prisons and Probation Ombudsman until 31 July 2017.
After just over a year in post our Chief Executive, Martin Jones, reflects on his year at the Parole Board and what has been achieved.
Government proposals to improve pay and pensions for frontline staff have been endorsed by Prison Officers’ Association (POA) leaders.
The Lord Chancellor the Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP has appointed 2 new members to the Civil Justice Council and reappointed an existing member for a further 3 years.
The Management Committee of the Parole Board held an open Board meeting for the first time on 24th November.
Over 100 new members will be joining the Parole Board.
The Parole Board is very concerned about the plight of many prisoners serving IPP sentences and welcomes the HMIP report.
The Secretary of State for Justice has approved the appointment of Sir John Saunders as a new member of the Parole Board.
Secretary of State The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss speech at the Spark21 Conference.
On Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th November we welcomed Victim Liaison Officers (VLOs) to the Parole Board office to find out more about our work and to meet key staff.
The Parole Board is holding its first open Management Committee meeting on Thursday 24th November.
Nick Hardwick, Parole Board Chairman and Martin Jones, Parole Board Chief Executive will be speaking at the second “Great Expectations” event.
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