Parole

(asked on 21st March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the rate of (1) deferral, and (2) adjournments, of cases by the Parole Board broken down by local region in each year since 2017.


This question was answered on 4th April 2022

The Parole Board has confirmed the breakdown of Deferral and Adjournment rates for oral hearings since 2017 in the table below. The Parole Board will publish data for 2021/22 in their 2021/22 Annual Report. The Parole Board reports on national rates and does not produce this data by regions.

Conducted Hearings

Completed Oral Hearings

Deferred & Adjourned Hearings

Deferred Split

Adjourned Split

2017-18

8137

5638

2499
(*31%)

744
(*9.1%)

1755
(*21.5%)

2018-19

7903

5380

2523
(*32%)

488
(*6.1%)

2035
(*25.7%)

2019-20

8264

5294

2970
(*36%)

271
(*3.3%)

2699
(*32.7%)

2020-21

9202

6421


2781
(*30%)

167
(*1.8%)

2614
(*28.4%)

*Percentage of conducted oral hearings

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