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<table><tbody><tr><td><p>Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) are contractually
required to provide services for female offenders that they are managing in the community,
and to deliver resettlement services to offenders both before and following release
from prison. As part of our reforms to probation, we have given providers the flexibility
to innovate, and to tailor rehabilitative support to the particular needs of offenders
locally. We have not, therefore, prescribed how much of the additional funding for
CRCs must be spent on services for female offenders. Records detailing the specifics
of each service available in every individual CRC could only be collated at disproportionate
cost, however records detailing the organisations responsible for the provision of
these services are available, with the most recent dated July 2017. All 21 CRCs have
arrangements in place to address the needs of female offenders. 20 of the 21 CRCs
have subcontracting arrangements in place to deliver these services, with Durham Tees
Valley CRC providing the service directly. Across these 20 CRCs, there are 47 locally
based organisations delivering targeted support for female offenders, addressing their
specific needs locally. A further seven small providers deliver services across larger,
geographically remote, areas.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>We have a robust contract
management and assurance process in place for CRCs, and continue to assess their performance
through a range of service levels, including their delivery of Through the Gate and
how they are addressing the specific needs of female offenders.</p>
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