Probation: Private Sector
(asked on 28th March 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on contracts with private probation service providers in each (a) nation and (b) region of the UK in each year for which data is available.
The spend data below is the total spend by HM Probation and Prison Services to the Community Rehabilitation Companies in England and Wales for the years shown.
2015/16 | £528,700,000* |
2016/17 | £394,100,000* |
2017/18 | £373,300,000* |
Figures for 2018/19 have not been ratified and as such are not currently available.
*Figures rounded up to the nearest £100,000
The MoJ does not hold this information for Scotland or Northern Ireland as probation services are devolved.