Community Rehabilitation Companies

(asked on 31st January 2019) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment he has made of the number of probation workers leaving the National Probation Service to join (a) for-profit and (b) not-for-profit community rehabilitation companies.


Answered by
Lucy Frazer Portrait
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 8th February 2019

We want a probation system which protects the public, commands the confidence of the courts and reduces reoffending


We are taking decisive action to stabilise and improve the delivery of probation services. We are ending current Community Rehabilitation Company contracts early and investing £22m per year to enhance Through The Gate services. We have introduced minimum standards so that all providers offer monthly face-to-face meetings with offenders during the first 12 months of supervision.

No comparative assessment of “for-profit” and “not-for-profit” CRCs has been undertaken by the Ministry of Justice.

Robust assurance of Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) performance is provided through operational contract management backed up by regular Operational Assurance audits, and Internal Audit activity as required. There is regular monitoring of service delivery, including a focus on validating published performance management information. CRC performance information showing services levels against a range of measures is released quarterly as part of the Community Performance Quarterly Management Information.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-mi-update-to-june-2017

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