Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase victim training as part of the professional qualification in probation.

The Professional Qualification in Probation (PQiP) has a focus on victims throughout and is central to Probation practice and learning. The PQiP curriculum underwent full review and relaunch in March 2024.

The focus on victims is embedded throughout the comprehensive PQiP learning curriculum, which includes a number of learning products specific to public protection, risk assessment and management and effective victim safety planning. This includes specific Victim Contact Scheme and Effective Sentence Management learning.

As with all aspects of the Probation learning offer the PQiP Programme is subject to continuous improvement processes to ensure it remains up to date. There are no current plans to increase the amount of training in relation to victims specifically in PQiP at present.