Select committee: Justice Committee
Recommendation 12
18th Report - The future of the Probation Service
Published 23 Apr 2021
Paragraph 56
Addressed to Ministry of Justice
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
We recommend that the Ministry of Justice set out how they intend to increase NPS capacity to prepare pre-sentence reports. The MOJ should also set out what work is being done besides this to improve the quality of pre-sentence reports, ensuring 46 The future of the Probation Service that those completing them understand and convey to sentencers what the needs of the offender are, and what is available in the local community where a community sentence may be appropriate.
From: Justice Committee, 18th Report - The future of the Probation Service (HC 285), paragraph 56, 23 April 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 2 July 2021 (deadline 23 June 2021).