his nick hardwick, stepped down under government pressure.cult period. we saw the departure of our previous chair in difficult circumstances, the board was subject to unprecedented amount of publicity or the like of which we have not experienced before, and i think there was a loss of confidence amongst ourselves a little bit, perhaps a loss of confidence in the wider public, and that was something iam very wider public, and that was something i am very keen to repair. since then the parole board has made changes. it is sent summaries of its decision to 500 victims of crime and appointed an in—house lawyer while the prisoner release rate has dropped to 46%, a sign it has become more cautious about letting offenders out. and none of the 240 pa role offenders out. and none of the 240 parole board members making decisions about the release of prisoners is black, 13 are from other ethnic minority groups. the new chair says that is a significant concern which must be addressed when new members are recruited next year. danny shaw, bbc news. that st

the head of the board, nick hardwick, stepped down under government pressure.ifficult period. we saw the departure of our previous chair in difficult circumstances. the board was subject to unprecedented amount of publicity, the like of which we had not experienced before, and i think there was a loss of confidence amongst ourselves a little bit, perhaps a loss of confidence in the wider public, and that was something that i am very keen to repair. since then, the parole board has made changes. it has sent summaries of its decisions to 500 victims of crime and appointed an in—house lawyer, while the prisoner release rate has dropped to 46%, a sign it has become more cautious about letting offenders out. but none of the 240 parole board members making decisions about the release of prisoners is black. 13 are from other ethnic minority groups. the new chair says that is a significant concern which must be addressed when new members are recruited next year. danny shaw, bbc news. i'm joined now by thomas guiney — he's a lecturer in criminology at oxford brookes uni

the new chair, caroline corby, who took over from new chair, caroline corby, who took overfrom nick hardwickook over from nick hardwick, who was forced to step down by thejustice secretary, david gauke. there were questions about the independence of the parole board because of that decision and forced removal. caroline corby says she had it written into her contract that there will be a process if the secretary of state wants to remove her, an independent process. she's also very concerned about the ethnic make—up of the parole board. it has 240 members, the people that make decisions about the release of prisoners and those 240, only 13 are from ethnic minority backgrounds and none of them are black. when you consider that across england and wales, some 22,000 prisoners are from ethnic minorities, and 10,000 of them are black, then you can see the significant concern that caroline corby suggests they have around that. the parole board has been making changes, it has become more transparent, 500 case summaries, summaries of the decisions it has made, has been sent to victims of crime so ther

the head of the board, nick hardwick, stepped down under government pressure.ure of our previous chair in difficult circumstances. the board was subject to unprecedented amount of publicity, the like of which we had not experienced before, and i think there was a loss of confidence amongst ourselves a little bit, perhaps a loss of confidence in the wider public, and that was something that i am very keen to repair. since then, the parole board has made changes. it has sent summaries of its decisions to 500 victims of crime and appointed an in—house lawyer, while the prisoner release rate has dropped to 46%, a sign it has become more cautious about letting offenders out. but none of the 240 parole board members making decisions about the release of prisoners is black. 13 are from other ethnic minority groups. the new chair says that is a significant concern which must be addressed when new members are recruited next year. danny shaw, bbc news. us president donald trump has stepped up his efforts to clamp down on immigration, with a new proposal to restrict asylu

the head of the board, nick hardwick, stepped down under government pressure.perhaps a loss of confidence in the wider public, and that was something that i am very keen to repair. since then, the parole board has made changes. it sent summaries of its decisions to 500 victims of crime and appointed an in—house lawyer, while the prisoner release rate has dropped to 46% — a sign it has become more cautious about letting offenders out. but none of the 240 parole board members making decisions about the release of prisoners is black. 13 are from other ethnic minority groups. the new chair says that is a significant concern which must be addressed when new members are recruited next year. danny shaw, bbc news. the uk economy grew by 0.6% in the last quarter, according to the latest figures. the office for national statistics says the economy saw a strong summer, although longer—term economic growth remained subdued. there were some signs of weakness in september, with slowing retail sales and a drop in domestic car purchases. earlier, i spoke to our business corres

that, as you said, led to the resignation of nick hardwick, the former chairman of the parole board inated with john that the panel listed risk factors associated withjohn worboys, including sexual preoccupation, a sense of sexual entitlement, his attitudes towards women, including any java sexual contact with women and to control women, a belief that rape was acceptable, alcohol misuse, and problems with relationships. the pa role and problems with relationships. the parole board went on to say that it was aware thatjohn worboys was subject to investigation by the metropolitan police following new historical allegations made against him and indeed the crown prosecution service has been part of the full file of evidence relating to those allegations, and it says the process is likely to be lengthy and the parole board will require evidence of those further allegations which would not be possible while the investigation is ongoing. on that john worboys‘s half, he said that he worked very hard to accept and understand his offending, however the parole panel said that it considered there

the head of the board, nick hardwick, stepped down under government pressure.d me it was a very difficult period. we saw the departure of our previous chair in difficult circumstances, the board was subject to unprecedented amount of publicity, the like of which we had not experienced before, and i think there was a loss of confidence amongst ourselves a little bit, perhaps a loss of confidence in the wider public, and that was something that i am very keen to repair. since then, the parole board has made changes. it's sent summaries of its decisions to 500 victims of crime and appointed an in—house lawyer, while the prisoner release rate has dropped to 46%, a sign it has become more cautious about letting offenders out. but none of the 240 parole board members making decisions about the release of prisoners is black. 13 are from other ethnic minority groups. the new chair says that is a significant concern which must be addressed when new members are recruited next year. danny shaw, bbc news. the prime minister has been accused of breaking her promise that the