Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department provided to which Community Rehabilitation Companies to support the development of mutual bids for Transforming Rehabilitation.

The Cabinet Office procured support for probation trust staff to develop mutual bids in the Transforming Rehabilitation competition.

A full breakdown of all Cabinet Office Mutuals Support Programme contract awards, including to probation trust staff, can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/suppliers-information-and-contract-opportunities

The total value of the support contracts was £1,127,238. This included both bid support and, where applicable, mobilisation support to those that were named as Preferred Bidders. Bid support included commercial and legal advice, consultancy services and technical advice. Support committed during the bidding stage totalled £971,764.