Ministry of Justice

Parole Board members appointed

28 July 2010

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The Ministry of Justice has announced the appointment of 48 new members to the Parole Board for England and Wales.

Independent members, psychiatrists, psychologists and probation members will join the Parole Board for three years from 2 August 2010.

Justice Minister, Jonathan Djanogly said:

'We welcome the appointment of 48 new members. Their appointment will help with the very important work of the independent Parole Board.

'Members of the Parole Board are responsible for risk assessing prisoners and deciding whether they can be safely released into the community.

'I am confident these additional panel members will play an active role in continuing the high standard of work already set by existing members of the Parole Board.'

Notes to editors

  1. The following people have been appointed to the Parole Board for England and Wales:

    Part time Independent Members:

    Jane Everitt
    Debbie Hill
    Stephen Pepper
    Stephen Murphy
    Kevin Green
    Sue Finn
    James Tucker
    Rosemary Thompson
    Alison Stone
    Peter Coltman
    John Holt
    Alan Whiffin
    Bryan McAlley
    Paul Cavadino
    Sally Rowen
    Jennie Sugden
    Lucinda Barnett
    Mark Lacey
    Jean Sewell
    Michael Crewe
    Jane Horwood
    Assia King
    Geoffrey Crowe
    Nigel Stone
    Michael Fox
    Jenny Portway
    Arnold Barrow
    Sir Steward Eldon
    Kay Terry
    Rebecca Hunt
    Bernard Postles
    David Davies
    Colin Reeve
    Pamela Baldwin
    Tom Millest
    Andrew Purkis
    Jennifer Rogers

    Part Time Psychiatrists Members:

    Dr Kajal Patel
    Dr Rafiq Memon
    Dr Sarva Isweran

    Part Time Psychologists Members:

    Susan Vivian-Byrne
    Joanne Lakenby
    Helen Trinder
    Mary Roisin Hall

    Part Time Probation Members:

    Susan Power
    Freda Parker-Leehane
    Margaret Dunne
    Victoria Doughty
  2. The following people have been re-appointed to the Parole Board for England and Wales and will commence their reappointments on 1 September 2010 for three years:

    Part Time Independent Members:

    Laura Buckley
    Bruce Butler
    Susan Dale
    Simon Evans
    Patricia Johnson
    Mary Kane
    Sue Kesteven
    Martin King
    William Mayne
    Jonathan Roberts
    Deep Sagar
    Adrian Walker-Smith

    Part Time Probation Members:

    Ian Clewlow
    Rob Mandley
    Melanie Millar
    Helen West

    Part Time Psychologist Members:

    Louise Coates

    Part Time Psychiatrist Members:

    Mary Walsh
    Shubhinder Shergill
    Caryl Morgan
  3. The recruitment campaign for the new members commenced in February 2010 and concluded in June 2010.
  4. The Parole Board for England and Wales was established by the Criminal Justice Act 1967. It became an independent Executive NDPB on 1 July 1996, under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. The Board fulfils three main functions:
    1. it decides whether to release all indeterminate sentence prisoners, including life sentence prisoners and prisoners given Indeterminate Sentences for Public Protection (IPP); Discretionary Conditional Release (DCR) (determinate sentence) prisoners; Extended Sentence prisoners and Extended Sentences for Public Protection imposed before the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 came into force
    2. it reviews the circumstances of the recall of determinate and indeterminate sentence prisoners, and makes a decision whether to re-release, and
    3. it makes recommendations to the Secretary of State for Justice on the transfer of indeterminate sentence prisoners from closed to open conditions.
  5. The Parole Board is sponsored within Access to Justice, the Ministry of Justice and the appointment of its non judicial members are compliant with the Office for the Commissioner of Public Appointments (OCPA) Code of Practice, which ensures that public appointments are based on merit and that political activity plays no part in the selection process.
  6. For further information about the work of the Parole Board for England and Wales please visit  the Parole Board website.
  7. If media require more information please contact the Ministry of Justice Press Office on 020 3334 3536.
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