To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Independent Monitoring Board (a) members and (b) vacancies there have been in each year since 2010.
Answered on
23 May 2018
The number of Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) members is only recorded from April 2013 onwards and is set out as follows:
- April 2013 – 1678
- April 2014 – 1504
- April 2015 – 1385
- April 2016 – 1459
- April 2017 – 1471
- April 2018 – 1394
Historical data on IMB vacancies is not recorded, only the current number of vacancies. The number of IMB vacancies as of 17 May 2018 is 691.
Answered by
Ministry of Justice