Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish advice given by the Parole Board to Parole Board members to increase their confidence in taking Imprisonment for Public Protection release decisions since June 2019.

Since June 2019, the Parole Board issued the following guidance to support their members in making decisions in all type of cases, including Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP):

• The parole board decision making framework (Oct 2019);
• The types of cases guidance (Aug 2021);
• The guidance on member case assessment (Aug 2021); and,
• Guidance on oral hearings (Jan 2022).

These guidelines explain the different types of sentence and cases which Parole Board members may come across. They provide details of the possible Parole Board decision outcomes. Member guidelines are available on the Parole Board’s website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/parole-board.