Parole Board: Training
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of training provided to Parole Board members on assessing the risk of reoffending.
Answered by Jake Richards
Parole Board members receive training in risk assessment that covers interpreting professional evaluations and assessing written and oral evidence to decide if statutory release criteria are satisfied.
The Parole Board, as an independent body, is responsible for developing and delivering its own training programmes.
The Ministry of Justice is confident that the training provided on assessing the risk of reoffending is robust.
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