Select committee: Justice Committee
Conclusion 3
18th Report - The future of the Probation Service
Published 23 Apr 2021
Paragraph 32
Addressed to Ministry of Justice
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
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.
From: Justice Committee, 18th Report - The future of the Probation Service (HC 285), paragraph 32, 23 April 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 2 July 2021 (deadline 23 June 2021).