Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many chief executives of probation services have formed a mutual; how many of those mutuals have passed the pre-qualification questionnaire in the competitiveness process of community rehabilitation companies; and if he will make a statement.
In mid December 2013, we announced the bidders who passed the first stage of the competition to bid for the regional rehabilitation contracts. Approximately one third of the bidders included a potential mutual organisation within their consortium. A list of the bidders who have been successful at this stage can be found at:
https://www.justice.gov.uk/transforming-rehabilitation/competition
Bids to run the Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) have yet to be submitted, but are expected by the end of June 2014. The contract winners for each Community Rehabilitation Company are expected be announced by the end of 2014.