Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Conclusion 21
2nd Report - Transforming Courts and Tribunals: progress review
Published 5 Nov 2019
Addressed to HM Treasury
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
Government has a track record of changing one element of a system without fully recognising the consequences for the rest of the system, or across other government departments. Recent announcements of funding for an additional 20,000 police officers and changes to sentencing policy will inevitably affect the number of people being prosecuted, going to court, being sentenced to prison terms and being supervised by probation services. Court, prison and probation services are already under considerable strain.
From: Public Accounts Committee, 2nd Report - Transforming Courts and Tribunals: progress review (HC 27), 5 November 2019
Government response
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