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<table><tbody><tr><td><p>On 4 February 2019 the Government published its review of
the Parole Board Rules and the response to the public consultation on the reconsideration
of parole decisions. These publications confirmed our intention to introduce a new
reconsideration mechanism that will enable parole decisions to be challenged without
the need to resort to costly and time-consuming judicial review proceedings. Victims
will be able to ask officials in Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service to consider
challenging a decision on their behalf. Before it can be implemented, provision must
be made in the Parole Board Rules by secondary legislation to establish the legal
power needed for decisions to be reconsidered. It will also be necessary to put in
place the resources needed to operate the new mechanism and the associated guidance,
training, documentation and electronic systems. We expect to be able to lay the new
Rules before parliament and implement the new scheme by the summer.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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