Archived government news
November 2024
Getting parole Friday, 22 November 2024
Guidance: IPP Interim Guidance Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Guidance: Neurodiversity Guidance Monday, 11 November 2024
Guidance: Trauma-Informed Practice Monday, 11 November 2024
Guidance: Trauma-Informed Practice Guidance Monday, 11 November 2024
Guidance: Member Guidance on Protected Characteristics (Oct 2024) Monday, 11 November 2024
October 2024
Update on imminent changes to IPP licence termination process Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Decision: Redacted Decision Letter in the Case of Steven Ling Wednesday, 02 October 2024
September 2024
Decision summary in the case of Abdalraouf Abdallah Sunday, 29 September 2024
Decision: Public Hearing Decision in the Case of Jeffrey Gafoor Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Press release: The Parole Board appoints Cecilia French Chief Executive Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Press release: The Parole Board appoints Cecilia French Chief Executive Monday, 16 September 2024
Decision: Public Hearing Decision in the case of Robert Brown Thursday, 12 September 2024
Decision: Public Hearing Decision in the case of Robert Brown Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Decision: Public Hearing Decision in the case of Andrew Hagans Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Decision: Public Hearing Decision in the Case of Malcolm Ratkiewicz Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Decision: Public Hearing Decision in the Case of Malcolm Ratkiewicz Monday, 09 September 2024
Decision: Summary following the public hearing for Steven Ling Monday, 09 September 2024
August 2024
Guidance: Maintaining innocence guidance Friday, 30 August 2024
Guidance: Interventions guidance Friday, 30 August 2024
Guidance: Children Member Guidance Friday, 30 August 2024
Guidance: Intermediaries Guidance Friday, 30 August 2024
Guidance: Children Member Guidance (July 2024 V2.0) Thursday, 29 August 2024
Guidance: Maintaining innocence guidance (July 2024 V 1.0) Thursday, 29 August 2024
Guidance: Risk Assessment Guidance (July 2024 V2.0) Thursday, 29 August 2024
Guidance: Intermediaries Guidance (July 2024 V1.0) Thursday, 29 August 2024
Guidance: Interventions guidance (July 2024 V1.0) Thursday, 29 August 2024
Decision: Public Hearing Decision in the case of Dominic McKilligan Thursday, 08 August 2024
July 2024
Corporate report: The Parole Board for England & Wales Annual Report and Ac… Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Decision: Public Hearing Decision in the case of Colin Hill Tuesday, 02 July 2024
May 2024
Decision: Public Hearing Decision in the Case of Karl McCluney Friday, 31 May 2024
Parole Board Management Committee Non-Executive Directors Wednesday, 22 May 2024
Parole Board Management Committee Non-Executive Directors Tuesday, 21 May 2024
Decision: Public Hearing Decision for the Case of Colin Pitchfork Thursday, 16 May 2024
Decision: Public Hearing Decision for the Case of Colin Pitchfork Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Decision: Public Hearing decision in the case of Toni Burke Wednesday, 15 May 2024
March 2024
Decision: Summary following the public hearing for Nicholas Bidar Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Decision: Summary following the public hearing for Nicholas Bidar Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Decision: Public hearing decision in the case of Carl Lamb Tuesday, 12 March 2024
The Parole Board appoints Faith Geary as Interim CEO Thursday, 07 March 2024
February 2024
Decision: Public hearing decision in the case of Nigel Leat Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Decision: Public hearing decision in the case of Nigel Leat Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Decision: Public Hearing Decision in the case of Adbalraouf Abdallah Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Decision: Public Hearing Decision in the case of Abdalraouf Abdallah Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Decision: Public Hearing Decision in the case of Benjamin Fish Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Guidance: Member Guidance on Specialist Reports (December 2023 v1.1) Thursday, 08 February 2024
Guidance: Restricted Transfer Cases (December 2023 v1.0) Thursday, 08 February 2024
Guidance: Foreign National Prisoners Guidance (December 2023 v2.0) Wednesday, 07 February 2024
Guidance: Prioritisation Framework for MCA Paper Reviews (June 2023 v1.0) Wednesday, 07 February 2024
Guidance: Public Hearings Guidance for Parole Board Members (Oct 2023 v1.0) Wednesday, 07 February 2024
Decision: Public Hearing Decision in the case of Allan Grimson Friday, 02 February 2024
Decision: Public hearing decision in the case of Marc Williams Thursday, 01 February 2024
January 2024
Martin Jones appointed as HMCIP Monday, 22 January 2024
Decision: Public Hearing Decision in the case of Carmarni Crawford Wednesday, 03 January 2024
December 2023
Guidance: Parole Board Decision-Making Framework 2023 Thursday, 14 December 2023
Guidance: Parole Board Types of Cases Guidance 2023 Thursday, 14 December 2023
Proposals for review of IPP licence termination criteria Thursday, 14 December 2023
Decision: Public hearing decision in the case of Thomas Park Monday, 04 December 2023
Decision: Public hearing decision in the case of William Dunlop Monday, 04 December 2023
October 2023
Decision: Public Hearing Decision in the case of Jon Venables Wednesday, 25 October 2023
Corporate report: Parole Board Strategy and Business Plan 2023-2025 Tuesday, 24 October 2023
Decision: Public Hearing Decision in the case of Paul Weddle Monday, 23 October 2023
Decision: Public Hearing decision in the case of Mr Neil Williams Monday, 23 October 2023
Decision: Public hearing decision in the case of Paul Gadd Monday, 09 October 2023
September 2023
Guidance: Summary following the public hearing for Glyn Razzell Tuesday, 26 September 2023
Guidance: Summary following the public hearing for Glyn Razzell Tuesday, 26 September 2023
August 2023
Guidance: Prioritisation Framework for Paper Reviews under MCA Friday, 25 August 2023
Guidance: Prioritisation Framework for Paper Reviews under MCA Friday, 25 August 2023
Decision: Public hearing decision in the case of Gareth Matthews Monday, 14 August 2023
July 2023
Corporate report: The Parole Board for England & Wales Annual Report and Ac… Wednesday, 19 July 2023
Decision: Public hearing decision in the case of Stephen Alan Wynne Thursday, 13 July 2023
June 2023
Guidance: Digital Recording of Parole Board hearings Sunday, 25 June 2023
Parole Board Chief Executive's blog - June 2023 Friday, 16 June 2023
Parole Board Chief Executive's blog - June 2023 Monday, 12 June 2023
Parole Board Chief Executive's blog - June 2023 Monday, 12 June 2023
May 2023
Decision: Public hearing decision in the case of Paul Asbury Wednesday, 31 May 2023
Decision: Public hearing decision in the case of Mr Nicholas Bidar Friday, 26 May 2023
Decision: Public hearing decision in the case of Mr Edward Davis Friday, 26 May 2023
Decision: Public hearing decision in the case of Christopher Farrow Thursday, 18 May 2023
Decision: Public hearing decision in the case of Kieran Carter-Marsh Wednesday, 03 May 2023
Decision: Public hearing decision in the case of Robert Moore Wednesday, 03 May 2023
Decision: Public hearing decision in the case of Stephen Ling Wednesday, 03 May 2023
April 2023
Decision: Public hearing decision in the case of Glyn Razzell Thursday, 20 April 2023
March 2023
Decision: Public hearing decision in the case of George Stephenson Friday, 31 March 2023
Decision: Summary following the public hearing for Charles Salvador Thursday, 30 March 2023
Guidance: Vacancy: Non-Executive Director of the Management Committee of th… Wednesday, 15 March 2023
Decision: Public hearing decision in the case of Colin Pitchfork Tuesday, 07 March 2023
January 2023
Decision: Summary following the public hearing for Russell Causley Thursday, 05 January 2023
December 2022
Guidance: Power to Detain Standard Determinate Sentence Wednesday, 21 December 2022
Decision: Public hearing decision in the case of Stephen Allen Gale Wednesday, 21 December 2022
Decision: Public hearing decision in the case of Jason Smith Wednesday, 07 December 2022
Guidance: Parole Board stakeholder information on Case Conferences Wednesday, 07 December 2022
Form: Stakeholder Response Form Wednesday, 07 December 2022
Guidance: Guidance on Member Case Assessment (MCA) Wednesday, 07 December 2022
Guidance: Licence conditions guidance Wednesday, 07 December 2022
November 2022
Decision: Public hearing decision in the case of Gareth Jones Wednesday, 23 November 2022
Decision: Public hearing decision in the case of Charles Salvador Tuesday, 08 November 2022
Decision: Public hearing decision in the case of Andrew Cole Wednesday, 02 November 2022
Guidance: Parole Board Types of Cases Guidance 2022 Tuesday, 01 November 2022
Guidance: Duty member guidance 2022 Tuesday, 01 November 2022
October 2022
Guidance: Setting aside a decision Friday, 28 October 2022
Guidance: Termination of Licence for Individuals serving Imprisonment for P… Wednesday, 12 October 2022
September 2022
Decision: Public hearing decision in the case of Darren Mackrell Friday, 23 September 2022
Decision: Public hearing decision in the case of Russell Causley Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Standard: Membership of the Parole Board between 2021/ 2022 Wednesday, 07 September 2022
August 2022
Standard: Routes of challenge Tuesday, 23 August 2022
Standard: Routes of appeal Friday, 19 August 2022
July 2022
Amendments to Parole Board rules Thursday, 21 July 2022
Amendments to Parole Board rules Thursday, 21 July 2022
Form: Applying for a Parole review to be public Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Form: Applying for a Parole review to be public Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Corporate report: Parole Board Annual Performance Data for 2021/22 Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Corporate report: Parole Board Annual Performance Data for 2021/22 Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Corporate report: The Parole Board for England & Wales Annual Report and Ac… Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Guidance: Setting aside a decision Tuesday, 12 July 2022
June 2022
Guidance: Termination of Licence for Individuals serving Imprisonment for P… Thursday, 30 June 2022
Policy paper: Secretary of State's Directions to the Parole Board June 2022 Tuesday, 28 June 2022
Appointment, reappointment and extension of tenure of Parole Board members Thursday, 09 June 2022
April 2022
Guidance: Guidance on Member Case Assessment (MCA) Wednesday, 06 April 2022
March 2022
Guidance: Reconsideration Mechanism Guidance Wednesday, 09 March 2022
Policy changes for IPP cases Monday, 20 March 2017
Update on determinate sentence prisoner pilots Monday, 20 March 2017
February 2017
Parole Board Quarterly Performance Report Friday, 17 February 2017
January 2017
Names of new Parole Board Members Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Going digital at the Parole Board Friday, 06 January 2017
December 2016
Parole Board Christmas office closures Monday, 19 December 2016
Update from the Parole Board CEO Wednesday, 14 December 2016
November 2016
Parole Board holds first open Board meeting Friday, 25 November 2016
New Parole Board Rules 2016 Tuesday, 22 November 2016
New Parole Board Members & Vice Chair appointed Friday, 18 November 2016
Victim Liaison Officers visit Tuesday, 08 November 2016
Parole Board Open Board Meeting Monday, 07 November 2016
Great Expectations – Parole in 2016 and Beyond Thursday, 03 November 2016
October 2016
Parole Board Chairman delivers Parmoor lecture Friday, 21 October 2016
September 2016
New pilot projects to reduce delays for prisoners Monday, 26 September 2016
July 2016
Training for members on learning disabilities and difficulties Monday, 25 July 2016
May 2016
Member Training Thursday, 19 May 2016
Parole Board Member Recruitment Thursday, 19 May 2016
March 2016
New Chairman Tuesday, 29 March 2016
Parole Board Feedback Tuesday, 15 March 2016
January 2016
New Chair of Parole Board announced Tuesday, 26 January 2016
December 2015
Christmas and New Year office closure information Tuesday, 22 December 2015
October 2015
Parole Board appoints Director of Business Improvement and Development Friday, 09 October 2015
August 2015
The Parole Board has revised its Litigation Strategy Wednesday, 19 August 2015
July 2015
Deferrals guidance for Parole Board members Friday, 17 July 2015
Parole Board publishes Easy Read guides for prisoners Monday, 13 July 2015
March 2015
Fair for the Future Update - March 2015 Monday, 23 March 2015
January 2015
Triennial review of the Parole Board Thursday, 22 January 2015
December 2014
Fair for the Future update - December 2014 Thursday, 11 December 2014
Parole Board appoints Director of Operations Wednesday, 10 December 2014
October 2014
Parole Board Office Move Thursday, 09 October 2014
April 2014
Fair for the Future update - April 2014 Tuesday, 01 April 2014
November 2013
Fair for the Future parole project: delivering on Osborn Friday, 01 November 2013