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<p>We have not made a recent assessment of the impact of introducing unique identifiers
for people in the justice system. <br> <br>However, we have started work to create
a single 'Core Person record’ for use across HMPPS. This will begin to remove the
multiple records we hold for those in our care, and reduce the amount of manual data
matching required. Additionally, our award-winning probabilistic matching tool ‘splink’,
has underpinned the linking of data across the justice system, including assessing
the substance misuse pathways between justice and health, electronic monitoring curfew
and probation case management, which has allowed us to identify individuals as they
interact with our interventions and services. This has significantly overcome challenges
of not having a unique identifier and has supported policy makers and operational
staff in their work to reduce offending and strengthen public protection.</p>
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