Written questions

Parole

Commons · Question 66140 · Tabled 9 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 16 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Damian Hinds

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of lead times for Parole Board hearings in each year from the earliest year for which data are available to the latest year for which data are available.

Answer

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 16 Jul 2025

The Parole Board has worked hard to reduce its growing caseload and manage the time it takes from referral to completion of prisoner reviews at both paper and oral hearings.Timeliness of Parole Board hearings is not routinely published, however, in its an...