Community Rehabilitation Companies: Contracts

(asked on 18th May 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report, A thematic review of work to prepare for the unification of probation services, published by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation in May 2021, what steps he is taking to ensure that appropriate services are in place to manage risk of harm and address risk of offending during the last months of the CRC contracts before they terminate.


Answered by
Alex Chalk Portrait
Alex Chalk
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
This question was answered on 26th May 2021

Public protection remains our number one priority as we move closer to the termination of the CRC contracts and the unification of probation services. All CRCs are currently operating under their Exceptional Delivery Models, which were introduced in March 2020 as a result of the pandemic. The Exceptional Delivery Models are the vehicle through which CRCs are held to account by the Authority to ensure contracted front-line probation services, including addressing risk of re-offending, are delivered and will continue to do so up to CRC contract termination date. Offenders continue to be robustly managed in the community and contact is being maintained between Responsible Officers and offenders under their supervision to manage risk of harm.

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