Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what financial provisions (a) his Department and (b) Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service have made to transition case management work in England from Community Rehabilitation Companies to the National Probation Service for 2019 and 2020.

The Ministry of Justice has produced an initial indicative assessment of the cost of bringing the case supervision component of services delivered by Community Rehabilitation Companies under the supervision of the National Probation Service. These costs include one off exit costs for current Community Rehabilitation Company contracts which are subject to change as the commercial framework and negotiations are not yet finalised with providers. Releasing these figures may compromise that negotiation so we cannot do so at this time.