Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to end the (a) Horizon and (b) iHorizon programmes within the probation service for sex offenders.

There are no immediate plans to withdraw or cease delivery of the Horizon and / or iHorizon programmes from Probation services.

A new Accredited Programmes offer is being developed that may replace many current Interventions Services Accredited Programmes, including Horizon and iHorizon. This Next Generation of Accredited Programmes (Next-Gen AcPs) is designed to be a more streamlined and coherent offer that will support frontline delivery and realise important benefits across the system. The Next-Gen AcPs is currently undergoing an extensive period of rigorous testing and scrutiny.

National rollout of the proposed Next-Gen AcPs is not expected to begin until Summer 2025 at the earliest, and not before it has received Accreditation and been approved by senior leaders. Horizon and iHorizon will continue to be delivered as part of the current suite of programmes while development and testing of the Next-Gen AcPs proceeds.