The future of the Probation Service
Justice Committee
Closed
Inquiry
Probation services have gone through substantial change in the past five years. After the financial failure and withdrawal of several CRC providers, the MoJ decided to end CRC contracts 14 months early (during this year) and to return to having a single national probation service for all offenders, but with …
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Recommendations
7
Conclusions
1
Report
3
Events
Activity timeline 2 events
2 Jul
2021
2021
23 Apr
2021
2021
Report published
Reports 1 report · click to expand
| Title | HC No. | Published | Items | Response |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18th Report - The future of the Probation Service | HC 285 | 23 Apr 2021 | 26 | Responded |
Recommendations & Conclusions
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Conclusion
Acknowledged
18th Report - The future of the Pr…
As the then Minister of State, Lucy Frazer, acknowledged to us, one reason for the...
As the then Minister of State, Lucy Frazer, acknowledged to us, one reason for the failure of the 2014–15 Transforming Rehabilitation reforms was inaccurate modelling of how much work, and therefore profit, would go to the private sector and third …
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Government Response
The government partly agrees with the sentiment by explaining that the Probation Delivery Partner competitions were discontinued after a review process, necessitated by pandemic impacts, to avoid further bidder investment.
Ministry of Justice
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Conclusion
Acknowledged
18th Report - The future of the Pr…
There is cause for concern in the way that some goalposts have shifted as the...
There is cause for concern in the way that some goalposts have shifted as the new model has been developed. In particular, the decision to seek Probation Delivery Partners while the new model of delivery was still being developed had …
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Government Response
The government "partly agreed" with the conclusion, explaining that the decision to discontinue the Probation Delivery Partner competitions was a result of reviewing pandemic impacts and was made promptly to avoid further bidder investment. No new specific actions were committed to.
Ministry of Justice
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