Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Probation Service in the East Midlands.

His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service routinely publishes information about Probation Service regions’ performance as part of the Community Performance Annual Statistics. The most recent data, published in July, cover the financial year 2023-24, and includes the performance of East Midlands Probation.

This publication includes details of performance against key performance indicators, a set of ‘Probation Service Scorecard Ratings,’ and other supporting information, which can all be accessed using the following link: Community Performance Annual, update to March 2024 - GOV.UK.