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Conclusion
18th Report - The future of the Probati…
Acknowledged
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 sector organisations allocated more than half the probation system’s overall …
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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 sector organisations allocated more than half the probation system’s overall caseload to administer. The PAC, the NAO and other bodies, including a former Justice Committee, have highlighted how the 2014–15 reforms foundered on being introduced too fast and without sufficient planning or research into their impacts.
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Government response AI summary
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.
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Ministry of Justice
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Conclusion
18th Report - The future of the Probati…
Acknowledged
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 unfortunate consequences. Its subsequent cancellation caused significant disappointment to those …
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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 unfortunate consequences. Its subsequent cancellation caused significant disappointment to those private and third sector organisations whom the Ministry of Justice encouraged to put time and effort into making successful bids only to see the idea scrapped shortly afterwards.
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Government response AI summary
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.
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Ministry of Justice