Parole Board for England and Wales

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Parole Board for England and Wales

Formation	1968
Legal status	Non-departmental public body
Headquarters	10 South Colonnade, London
Region served	England and Wales
Interim Chief Executive Officer	Faith Geary
Website	www.gov.uk/government/organisations/parole-board

The Parole Board for England and Wales (Welsh: Y Bwrdd Parôl ar gyfer Cymru a Lloegr^[1]) was established in 1968 under the Criminal Justice Act 1967. It became an independent executive non-departmental public body (NDPB) on 1 July 1996 under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. The Parole Board is governed by the Parole Board Rules 2016^[2] made by Parliament under the Criminal Justice Act 2003.^[3] Parole Board members are appointed by the Secretary of State for Justice, but are required to take judicial decisions independent of Government.

The Parole Board's role is to make risk assessments about prisoners and to make a binding direction to Government about whether prisoners are released into the community on parole. The Parole Board must also give advice to Government when asked, most often about whether offenders are ready to be moved to open prisons from the closed prison estate.