Ministers have approved the appointment, reappointment and extensions of Parole Board members. Appointments are subject to security clearance.
Parole Board members are appointed under Schedule 19 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. The appointment of Parole Board members are made after an open, transparent recruitment process which complies - save for judicial members- with the Code of Practice of the Commissioner for Public Appointments (CPA). There are currently 214 Parole Board members.
The Parole Board is an independent body that works with its criminal justice partners to protect the public by risk assessing prisoners to decide whether they can be safely released into the community.
The Parole Board was established by the Criminal Justice Act 1967. It is an Executive Non Departmental Public Body sponsored by the MoJ.
Ministers have approved the appointment of 104 Parole Board members:
The members below were appointed from 1 December 2016 until 30 November 2019:
The following were appointed from 1 July 2017 and until 30 June 2021.
Ministers have approved the appointment from 1 July 2017 until 30 June 2020, the following serving Parole Board members who were successful applicants in the recent open recruitment process.
Ministers have approved the appointment of the following judicial members from 1 December 2016 until 30 November 2019.
These members below have been appointed from 1 July 2017 until 30 June 2020.
Ministers have approved the appointment of Luke Birmingham and Huw Stone from 1 December 2016 until 30 November 2020.
Ministers have appointed two serving members: Lynne Daly and Caryl Morgan from 1 December 2016 until 30 November 2020.
Ministers have approved the appointment of Tim McInerny, Chris Jones and Sajid Muzaffar from 1 July 2017 until 30 June 2021.
Ministers have approved the appointment of the following members.From 1 December 2016 until 30 November 2020:
From 1 July 2017 until 30 June 2021.
Ministers have approved the reappointment of four Judicial members. Details of those reappointed and the duration of each reappointment are provided below.
Ministers have approved the reappointments from 1 September 2016 until 31 August 2018 of:
Ministers have approved the reappointment of 13 members. Details of those reappointed and the duration of each reappointment are provided below.
From 28 November 2016 until 27 November 2021;
The CPA also agreed an exemption from the provisions of the Code of Practice in order that Ministers might extend the appointment of a number of serving Parole Board members so that they might support the mentoring and training of newly appointed members. These were as follows:
Ministers have approved the extension of the appointments from 1 October 2016 until 30 September 2018 of:
The following Members have declared that they have political interest within the last 5 years: