The IMB responds to a range of consultations and inquiries and where our response can be published, they can be found below.
The IMB National Chair, Elisabeth Davies, also provides oral evidence when requested and the videos and transcripts of these evidence sessions are available below.
Should you wish to speak to the IMB National Chair or IMB policy team in relation to prior or future policy submissions and consultation responses, please contact us via: IMB@justice.gov.uk in the first instance.
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Written submissions
Oral evidence
Other submissions
Archive (pre 2024 submissions)
Evidence for the Justice Select Committee inquiry into the future prison population and estate capacity (transcript) – November 2023
Evidence for the Justice Select Committee’s inquiry into the future prison population and estate capacity (written evidence) – November 2023
Evidence to the Welsh Affairs Committee’s inquiry into prisons in Wales / Tystiolaeth i ymchwiliad y Pwyllgor Materion Cymreig i garchardai yng Nghymru – October 2023
IMB submission to the Home Affairs Committee inquiry on Human Trafficking – June 2023
The role of Independent Monitoring Boards (IMBs) | Prison Reform Trust – February 2023
Evidence for the Justice Select Committee’s inquiry into the prison operational workforce (transcript) – December 2022
Evidence for the Justice Select Committee’s inquiry into the prison operational workforce (written evidence)– December 2022
Evidence for Senedd Equality and Social Justice Committee on experiences of women in the criminal justice system – September 2022
IMB summary response to the Prison Strategy White Paper – February 2022
IMB response to the Prison Strategy White Paper – January 2022
Evidence for Public Accounts Committee on outcomes for women in the criminal justice system – January 2022
Evidence for the Justice Select Committee’s inquiry into Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences – January 2022
IMB response to the Youth Custody Service Behaviour Management and Physical Restraint framework consultation – September 2021
IMB response to the HMPPS Certified Prisoner Accommodation Framework consultation – August 2021
Read a transcript of the oral evidence from National Chair to the Justice Select Committee as part of their inquiry into mental health in prisons (UK Parliament website) – June 2021
Evidence to the Justice Select Committee on women in prison – June 2021
IMB response to the HMPPS Prisoners’ Property Policy Framework consultation – May 2021
Written evidence to the Justice Select Committee on mental health in prison (UK Parliament website) – May 2021
Education Select Committee: call for evidence for ‘Education: Are prisoners being left behind?’ inquiry (UK Parliament website) – April 2021
Update to the Justice Select Committee on IMB findings in prisons during Covid – January 2021
Letter from Home Office Minister Chris Philp MP to Brook House IMB and Charter Flight Monitoring Team – November 2020
Letter from Brook House IMB and Charter Flight Monitoring Team to Home Office Minister Chris Philp MP – October 2020
Supplementary written evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee on Channel crossings, migration and asylum-seeking routes through the EU (UK Parliament website) – December 2020
Read a transcript of the oral evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee on Channel crossings, migration and asylum-seeking routes through the EU (UK Parliament website) – November 2020
Read a transcript of the oral evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee on Channel crossings, migration and asylum-seeking routes through the EU (UK Parliament website) – November 2020
Update to the Justice Select Committee on IMB findings in prisons during Covid (UK Parliament website) – September 2020
Response to Ministry of Justice consultation on statutory underpinning for IMBs and other scrutiny bodies – September 2020
Update to the Justice Select Committee on IMB findings in prisons during Covid (UK Parliament website) – July 2020
Update to the Justice Select Committee on IMB findings in prisons during Covid – June 2020