Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the next steps in his review of privatised probation services; and if he will make a statement.

During 2016 and 2017 we conducted an internal review of the probation system. As a result of this work, we published a written statement to Parliament in July 2017 confirming our commitment to improving the delivery of probation services and outlining changes made to Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) contracts.

We are currently in discussions with providers to ensure that we secure the quality of probation services we need from CRCs, and will update parliament if we make further changes to contracts.