The Parole Board (Scotland) Rules 1993

Rule 5

SCHEDULE INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS TO BE SENT BY SECRETARY OF STATE TO THE BOARD

1.  A note of the full name and the date of birth of the prisoner.

2.  A note of the place in which the prisoner is detained and, in a Part IV case, of other places in which the prisoner has been detained; and a note of the date of, and reasons for, any transfer.

3.  A note of the prisoner’s current sentence or sentences and an indication of the circumstances of the offence or offences for which that sentence or those sentences were imposed.

4.  A record of any other offences of which a court has found the prisoner guilty together with a note of the sentence or other disposal ordered on such findings.

5.  In a Part IV case–

(a) a copy of the judgment of the High Court in any appeal by the prisoner against his current sentence or the conviction on which that sentence was imposed; and

(b) a written summary of any previous reviews of the prisoner’s case by the Board and of the outcome of such reviews.

6.  A copy of any report on the prisoner made while he was subject to a transfer direction under section 71 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984(1).

7.  Up to date reports by those involved in supervising, caring for, or counselling the prisoner on the prisoner’s circumstances (including home background) and behaviour and on his suitability for release or, as the case may be, re-release on licence.

(1)

1984 c. 36.