Probation: Wales

(asked on 17th October 2016) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will devolve the provision of probation services to the National Assembly for Wales.


Answered by
Sam Gyimah Portrait
Sam Gyimah
This question was answered on 24th October 2016

Clause 173(3) of the Wales Bill provides that probation is reserved to the United Kingdom Parliament. The Government has no intention to devolve the provision of probation services to the National Assembly for Wales.

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