Offenders: Rehabilitation

(asked on 30th November 2016) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what sanctions are taken by her Department if either the National Probation Service or Community Rehabilitation Companies fail to take back to court offenders who have missed two or more appointments without reasonable excuse.


Answered by
Sam Gyimah Portrait
Sam Gyimah
This question was answered on 8th December 2016

Protection of the public is our key priority. This includes taking effective action to ensure that court orders are properly enforced. Probation Instruction 06/2014 (Enforcement of Community Orders and Suspended Sentence Orders) requires the National Probation Service (NPS) and Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) to return offenders serving a community order or suspended sentence order to court, in the event of two unreasonable failures to comply with the requirements of the order.

NPS cases where action has not been taken within the timescales set out in the Probation Instruction are identified in management information reports and line managers are required to take appropriate action, depending upon the circumstances of the case.

The National Offender Management Service’s contract management teams closely monitor the CRCs, to make sure they fulfil their contractual commitments to maintain service delivery, reduce re-offending, protect the public and provide value for money to the taxpayer. This includes enforcing orders where offenders fail to comply.

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