Question follow-through · 66140
Parole
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.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 9 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
9 Jul 2025
Question tabled
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.
11 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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16 Jul 2025
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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