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Recommendation 6
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Set out financial investment and operational timeframe for women's liaison and diversion pathways.
Recommendation
The Ministry of Justice and NHSE/I should set out what financial investment is being made in developing women’s pathways and how this money will be spent to ensure that women’s pathways are being enhanced across all liaison and diversion services. The MoJ and NHSE/I should also set out a timeframe for when they expect all women’s pathways to be fully operational.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government accepted the recommendation but responded by outlining an ongoing process evaluation of the Pre-Sentence Report (PSR) pilot, which includes female offenders as a priority cohort, with a report to be published in 2023, instead of detailing financial investment or timeframes for L&D women's pathways.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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We accept this recommendation. Liaison and Diversion services (L&D) are fully funded by NHSE. The overall funding envelope is currently £68m per year and all (L&D) services are commissioned to provide a women’s pathway. L&D funding benefits from a percentage year on year increase that reflects the cost of living. A review is currently underway to identify and highlight areas of good practice and offer support to services who may wish to further develop their L&D female pathways. There will be a workshop for commissioners and providers in November to share learning, before reporting back to the Non-custodial Partnership Advisory Group.
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