Select committee: Justice Committee
Conclusion 5
18th Report - The future of the Probation Service
Published 23 Apr 2021
Paragraph 34
Addressed to Ministry of Justice
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
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.
From: Justice Committee, 18th Report - The future of the Probation Service (HC 285), paragraph 34, 23 April 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 2 July 2021 (deadline 23 June 2021).