Parole Board members are appointed, by ministers, under Schedule 19 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. The appointment of Parole Board members - save for judicial members - is regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments (CPA). Recruitment processes comply - save for judicial members - with the Governance Code on Public Appointments.
The Parole Board is an independent body that works with its criminal justice partners to protect the public by risk assessing prisoners to decide whether they can be safely released into the community.
The Parole Board was established by the Criminal Justice Act 1967. It is a Non-Departmental Public Body sponsored by the Ministry of Justice.
New member appointments
The following members have been appointed, as members with Law Enforcement experience, for a 5-year term from 30 November 2023 until 29 November 2028:
- Anthony Brent Simpson
- Amanda Stewart
- Callum Lamont
- Carol Martin
- Daniel Bettison
- Gareth Davies
- Gary Gracey
- Helen Chamberlain
- Helen McMillan
- Kevin Green
- Nadine Aliane
- Neil Ashton
- Neville Keith McCoubrey
- Paul Jeffery Withers
- Paul West
- Robert Eastwood
- Richard Williams
- Simon Day
- Stuart Noble
- Sarah Shrubshall
The following members have been appointed under the same campaign as above with amended tenure dates:
- Michael Branston - 22 February 2024 until 21 February 2029
- Richard Debicki - 8 December 2023 until 7 December 2028
- Rafaele D'Orsi - 4 March 2024 until 3 March 2029
- Rita Eaton - 1 December 2023 until 30 November 2028
- Ian Pilling - 1 December 2023 until 30 November 2028
- Perry Stokes - 1 March 2024 until 28 February 2029
The following members have been appointed, as members who will be fast tracked to chair oral hearing panels, for a 5 year term from 12 February 2024 - 11 February 2029:
- Natalie Banks
- Nicola Bowes
- Steven Chandler
- Julia Chapman
- Rachael Ellis
- Emma Gilberthorpe
- Penny Griffith
- Joanne King
- John Marley
- Lucy McKane
- Claire Mullarkey
- Orla O'Hagan
- Leigh Philpot
- Nicholas Rosenfeld
- Lynn Saunders
- Bushra Tabassum
- Frances Thompson
Direct appointments
The following current or retired Ministry of Justice staff have been directly appointed to the Parole Board for a 2-year term from 12 February 2024 until 11 February 2026:
- Louise Cannon
- Bob Davies
- Andrew Dickinson
- Geoffrey Hughes
- Rebecca Sirrell
- Tom Strong
- Alan Tallentire
Ministers consulted the CPA before making the appointments which are required to support the Board's work in reducing the backlog of cases and addressing the current prison population issues in England & Wales.
The following individuals have been directly appointed to the Parole Board for a 1-year team from 1 March 2023 until 29 February 2024:
- Michael Crewe
- Maragret Dunne
- Rick Evans
- Melanie Millar
- Emma Pusill
- Carol Swaffer
Ministers consulted the CPA before making the appointments which were required to support the Board's work in reducing the backlog of cases - arising from the Covid-19 pandemic - requiring an initial paper assessment.
The following individuals have been directly appointed to the Parole Board for varied terms from 1 August 2023*.
- Richard Baldwin - until 31 July 2026
- Nigel Bonson - until 31 July 2025
- Ian Clewlow - until 30 September 2027
- Melanie Millar - until 31 July 2027
- Emma Pusill - until 31 July 2026
- Carol Swaffer - until 31 July 2025
*the above appointments for Melanie Millar, Carol Swaffer and Emma Pusill supersede the 12 month appointments above.
Ministers consulted the CPA before making the appointments which are required to support the Board's work in reducing the backlog of cases and addressing the current prison population issues in England & Wales.
Reappointment of existing members
The reappointments of the following Parole Board members have been approved.
Judicial members
The following member has been reappointed for a further term of 2 years from 1 October 2023 until 31 July 2025:
HH Jeremy Roberts
The following member has been reappointed for a further term of 5 years from 1 October 2024 until 30 September 2029:
HH Sir Timothy King
The following members have been reappointed for a further term of 5 years from 1 October 2022 until 30 September 2027:
- HH Ruth Downing
- HH Andrew Jefferies
- HH Anthony Lowe
- HH Barbara Mensah
The following members have been reappointed for a further term of 5 years from 1 September 2023 until 31 August 2028:
- HHJ Noel Lucas
- HHJ David Nathan Miller
- HH Marcus Tregilgas-Davey
The following members have been reappointed for a further term of 5 years from 1 November 2023 until 31 October 2028:
- HH John Hand KC
- HH Peter Jones
- HH Roger Kaye
- HH Anne Kiernan
- HH James Orrell
- HH Erik Salomonsen
- HH Patrick Thomas
- HH Michael Topolski
The following members will be reappointed for a further term of 7 years from 1 December 2024 until 30 November 2031:
- HH Anthony Ansell
- HH Pamela Badley
- HH Stephen Dawson
- HH John Harrow
The following members will be reappointed for a further term of 5 years from 1 October 2025 until 30 September 2030:
- HJ Anthony Bate
- HH Martin Beddoe
- HH Geoffry Kamil CBE
- HHJ Louise Kamil
- HH Graham White
Psychologist members
The following members will be reappointed for a further term of 5 years from 1st October 2024 until 30 September 2029:
- Rachel Atkinson
- Dr Taljinder Basra
- Gerhard Fritz
- Julia Houston
- Noreen Shami
- Claire Thompson
- Victoria Tunbridge
Psychiatrist members
The following members have been reappointed for a further term of 5 years from 1 November 2023 until 31 October 2028:
- Dawn Black
- Sandra Evans
- Kevin Murray
- Amanda Taylor
Independent members
The following member has been reappointed for a further term of 5 years from 2 August 2023 until 1 August 2028:
Stephanie McIntosh
The following members have been reappointed for a further term of 5 years from 3 December 2022 until 2 December 2027:
- Lindsay Addyman
- Simon Ash
- Kerrie Bell
- Andrew Dale
- Christopher Emerson
- Kay Fielding
- Philip Geering
- Kirsten Hearn
- Robert McKeon
- Aikta-Reena Solanki
- Jane Thomson
- David Watson
The following members will be reappointed for a further term of 5 years from 1 October 2024 until 30 September 2029:
- Maneer Afsar
- Ifty Ahmed
- Aysha Allibhaye
- Zaiada Bibi
- Derek Bray
- Marcia Brooks
- Ngozi Lyn Cole
- Rachel Craven
- Stephen Garrett OBE
- David Gravells
- Damian Hughes
- Murad Hussain
- Akeel Hussain
- Sara Johnson
- Michael Mellun
- Jenny Mooney
- Shubhada Patil
- Rachel Pickering
- Sukbinder Rai
- Rachel Robertson
- Vinnet Walsh
- Sheila Wright
