Licence conditions guidance

Guidance

Licence conditions guidance

This guidance is to assist Parole Board Panels with their understanding of, and responsibility for, setting licence conditions.

From:: Parole Board
Published: 7 December 2022

Applies to England and Wales

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皇冠体育app Board will direct release on the basis of the licence conditions that it considers to be appropriate. A panel will set the licence conditions it considers are required to manage risk. This guidance details the considerations members apply in order to set these lawfully and details what is necessary and proportionate in the interests of prevention of crime and protection of the public.

This has been revised to reflect:

皇冠体育app revised HMPSS Policy Framework on Licence Conditions
皇冠体育app Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022;
皇冠体育app amended Secretary of State 2022 Directions on transfer of indeterminate sentence prisoners to open conditions; and
皇冠体育app Parole Board Rules 2019 (as amended).

More information about licence conditions and how the Parole Board use them can be found here:

Published 7 December 2022

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