§ Mr. CoakerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who is responsible for decisions on the non-disclosure of information in parole dossiers.[36572]
§ Ms QuinThe responsibility for decisions on the non-disclosure of information contained in parole dossiers presently rests with the Parole Board Chairman.
From 1 May 1998 I intend to move responsibility for such decisions to prison governors, who already have responsibility for taking such decisions in applications for temporary release.
From 1 May 1998, under new procedures which are designed to streamline and speed up the parole process, a fuller dossier will be submitted to the Parole Board at a later stage by the prison.