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Written question asked by Chris Huhne (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 7 July 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 9 July 2008. It was answered by Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 July 2008 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Parole

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many cases were dealt with by the Parole Board's (a) oral hearings team and (b) paper hearings team in each of the last five years.
Answer

Information from the Parole Board about the number of cases dealt with by their oral hearings team and paper hearings team in each of the last five years is provided in the following table.

(a) Number of oral hearings (b) Number of paper hearings
2003-04 2,372 15,069
2004-05 2,317 16,617
2005-06 2,982 16,824
2006-07 3,402 22,526
2007-08 4,518 26,654

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
217630; 479 c372W;479 c370W
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Parole
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk