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1019486

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Parole
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions parole was (a) granted and (b) refused after the submission of a defence psychology report in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	198348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could not be obtained without incurring disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>We are carrying out a full review of the Parole Board Rules, which will build on the work we have already done to increase transparency and ensure victims are better supported.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 10/12/2018 15:56:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1019487

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Parole
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling victims to challenge Parole Board decisions to recommend a prisoner's (a) release and (b) transfer to an open prison.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	198349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>In April this year, the Secretary of State announced a public consultation on the possible reconsideration of parole decisions. The consultation closed on 28 July and we have considered the responses, including the issue of which types of parole decisions should be in scope for any reconsideration mechanism. We will publish the Government’s response in due course alongside the review of the Parole Board Rules which the Secretary of State committed to undertake this year.</p><p> </p><p>I have enormous sympathy for victims of crime, especially where they have been subject to the types of serious offending that often feature in parole cases. I agree that victims need a way to challenge parole decisions which they believe may be flawed without having to take the onerous step of seeking a judicial review. That is why the Government has proposed the creation of a reconsideration mechanism. We must ensure that any approach is fair and proportionate, and avoids creating unnecessary delays and uncertainty for both prisoners and victims.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 10/12/2018 15:56:20 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1022986

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Parole
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to give the Parole Board powers to commission independent (a) psychological and (b) other expert reports if the recommendations of the prison and defence submitted reports differ.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	200705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State and the prisoner are able to submit expert reports to the Parole Board, who assess the evidence presented before them in order to determine whether the prisoner may safely be released. The Board has the power to direct the reports and evidence it considers necessary to reach that decision and can direct any report-writer to give oral evidence and answer questions from the panel if necessary. In some complex cases, a specialist psychologist or psychiatric panel member may be assigned. The Parole Board does not commission additional, independent reports.</p><p> </p><p>In April this year, the Secretary of State announced a review of the Parole Board Rules, which will build on the work we have already done to increase transparency and ensure victims are better supported. The conclusions of this review, including an assessment what evidence should be presented to the Board, will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/12/2018 17:58:31 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1056006

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Parole
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of defence lawyers (a) commissioning and (b) presenting psychology reports in relation to their clients at parole hearings.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	217680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>Neither the Secretary of State nor the Parole Board records centrally the number of parole reviews in which the prisoner's legal representative (a) commissions or (b) presents a report from a psychologist on behalf of the prisoner. To produce such a record would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/02/2019 14:52:21 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1056008

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Parole
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timeframe is for the introduction of the right of a victim to make representations in relation to a Parole Board decision.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	217682
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <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 &amp; 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> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/02/2019 17:28:53 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1056009

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Parole
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria his Department will use to determine whether a Parole Board decision is referred to a parole board Judge after representations have been made by a victim.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	217683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Under the proposed new reconsideration mechanism, announced on 4 February 2019, the criteria will be the same as judicial review – that is, whether the Parole Board’s decision was legally or procedurally flawed in some way. It will fall to a Parole Board judicial member, unconnected to the original decision, to determine that if decision should be reconsidered, having regard to the evidence presented. To determine whether to make an application to the Parole Board following representations from a victim, a dedicated team in my department will examine the case, including all the evidence and the procedures that were followed, in order to identify whether there may be an arguable case to make an application. They will look for any indications of whether the Board may have gone beyond or outside its powers, if the Rules were adhered to, whether the correct procedures were followed and where the panel’s decision could appear irrational in light of all the evidence before it. A Parole Board judge will then make the decision on reconsideration and whether the criteria have been met. But my officials are well placed to support victims by helping to determine whether there is an arguable case for an application to be made and, if there is, how best to present that argument to the Board.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/02/2019 17:34:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1505336

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Parole
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the paper entitled Root and Branch Review of the Parole System: The Future of the Parole System in England and Wales, CP654, published on 30 March 2022, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of prohibiting probation staff from making recommendations to the Parole Board on public safety; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	48450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>Officials continue to have discussions with trade unions representing probation staff about the changes made to the Parole Board Rules with effect from 21 July, and in particular the one which prohibits report writers from making a recommendation as to whether the statutory release test is met in the case of the prisoner whose detention is being reviewed by the Parole Board.</p><p>Probation officers continue to have a vital role in informing the decision which falls in law exclusively to the Parole Board, by providing comprehensive and fully reasoned assessments of the prisoner’s risk.</p><p>Our priority continues to be the protection of the public; the reforms to the parole system help us to do that.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 48449 question first answered 21/09/2022 08:20:00 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1506397

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Parole
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many parole board hearings have been rescheduled since January 2021; and how many of those have been rescheduled for a date that was six months or more beyond the original hearing date.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	49742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>The total number of completed oral hearings concluded between January 2021 – July 2022 (the latest date for which data is available) was 9,911, of which 5,370 were adjourned and 1,695 hearings were deferred.</p><p>The Parole Board seeks to conclude all cases in a timely fashion and aims to relist an adjourned or deferred case within three months of that decision. In 2021-22, 94% of parole cases had a hearing date within three months of being ready to list.</p><p>In addition, timeliness is measured through the Parole Board’s target to maintain cases outstanding at less than 20% of its active caseload. In 2021-22, this target was achieved at 18%.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 49743 question first answered 23/09/2022 08:26:46 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1506398

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Parole
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many re-scheduled parole hearings have taken place after the parole board's own target date for said hearings.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	49743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>The total number of completed oral hearings concluded between January 2021 – July 2022 (the latest date for which data is available) was 9,911, of which 5,370 were adjourned and 1,695 hearings were deferred.</p><p>The Parole Board seeks to conclude all cases in a timely fashion and aims to relist an adjourned or deferred case within three months of that decision. In 2021-22, 94% of parole cases had a hearing date within three months of being ready to list.</p><p>In addition, timeliness is measured through the Parole Board’s target to maintain cases outstanding at less than 20% of its active caseload. In 2021-22, this target was achieved at 18%.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 49742 question first answered 23/09/2022 08:26:46 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts