Transforming Rehabilitation

Monday 20th January 2014 Written Statements

[The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Chris Grayling)]

All probation trusts have now received formal notification of the termination of the probation trust service contract as part of the transforming rehabilitation programme.

Trusts are now completing the allocation of staff to their new roles, and every trust is on track to do so by 1 April. We will then test key aspects of the new model so that those who will be in both the community rehabilitation companies (CRCs) and in the National Probation Service (NPS) can trial the new ways of working before we formally complete the transfer to the new governance arrangements. Over a two-month period from April we will prepare for the full transition to new IT and support systems in areas like HR.

We will also start new interim account management arrangements from 1 April, to allow the account management team to start to work closely with emerging CRC and NPS teams right away and prepare for contract mobilisation from the end of May. Full commercial contract management will follow at the conclusion of the competition process.

A copy of the letter terminating the probation trust service contracts has been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.