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<p>As with other public services, probation had to find alternative ways of working
during the pandemic.</p><p>Where offenders fail to engage with requirements, we take
robust steps to enforce sentences and return them to court for breach.</p><p>For unpaid
work, one of the key community sentence requirements, we are investing an additional
£90m over this and the next 2 years to increase staffing levels and delivering significantly
more hours of work – a target of 8 million a year compared to 5 million before the
pandemic.</p><p>We have also invested £195m to procure over 120 contracts across England
and Wales with charities and private sector organisations to deliver specialist services
in partnership with probation, to support rehabilitation. These services include:</p><ul><li><p>accommodation
support,</p></li><li><p>education,</p></li><li><p>training and employment,</p></li><li><p>finance,
debt and benefits, and</p></li><li><p>support to address drug dependency.</p></li></ul>
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