Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 76003

Parole Board and Sentencing Council for England and Wales: Equality

Tabled: 9 September 2025

Answered: 29 September 2025

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the proposed new socio-economic duty will apply to the (a) Sentencing Council and (b) Parole Board.

Answer

Seema Malhotra

The socio-economic duty will require specified public bodies to actively consider how their strategic decisions might help to reduce the inequalities of outcome associated with socio-economic disadvantage. We are currently working toward commencement of t...

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