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1650078

registered interest
date	04/07/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation staff vacancies there are in each Probation Delivery Unit in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	192391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>Staff vacancies as of May 2023 can be found on the attached table, broken down by grade and PDU.</p><p> </p><p>Nationally, we are now investing an extra £155 million a year into the Probation Service compared to 2019 and recruiting record numbers of staff to deliver tougher supervision and keep the public safe. This includes the recruitment of an extra 4,039 trainee probation officers between 2020/21 and 2022/23.</p><p> </p><p>When comparing staff in post to Target Staffing across all grades there are currently no vacancies in Wales. However, this is because the region currently has a large number of Trainee Probation Officers (199.5 FTE) who only spend part of their time carrying out casework at a Band 3 Probation Services Officer level. As a result, there are vacancies when looking at an individual grade level. These trainees have been recruited to fill Probation Officer vacancies but do not contribute towards Probation Officer casework until the point at which they qualify and carry out work at a Band 3 Probation Services Officer level.</p><p>The table presented only shows grades which currently have vacancies and does not take into account Trainee Probation Officer contribution towards ‘Band 3 - Probation Services Officer’ targets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 10/07/2023 12:57:07 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds attachment 1 file name 2023-07-10 PQ 192391.xlsx title Staff Vacancies
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1341219

registered interest
date	28/06/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the performance of the probation service in (a) Newport West constituency and (b) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	23334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2021 answer text <p>I, and my officials, have regular discussions with the Welsh Government on all areas of MoJ business. Officials in HMPPS Wales have a close working relationship with their counterparts in the Welsh Government and work with them through a mixture of regular and ad hoc meetings on operational and policy issues.</p><p>During the pandemic normal performance metrics have been suspended as the Probation Service has been working under Exceptional Delivery Models, however, we continue to use them as part of our internal management information to ensure continued effective delivery of service.</p><p>Both Wales and the Gwent Probation Delivery Unit are operating well during the Exceptional Delivery Model period and against the normal performance metrics.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 06/07/2021 15:24:29 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1227521

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the transition of probation services in Wales into the public sector; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	78618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>The transition activity in Wales has progressed well and met all milestones. During this period published performance data indicates a strong continuity in achievement for NPS Wales, with a limited impact on service, based on previous quarters. Performance from December 2019 to March 2020 is part of published data and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-update-to-march-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-update-to-march-2020</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/09/2020 11:09:55 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1167058

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s press release of 16 May 2019 entitled Justice Secretary announces new model for probation, how much of the up to £280 million a year for probation interventions from the private and voluntary sectors will be spent in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	7192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>We will release the information on the value of contracted provision in Wales when we publish OJEU notices for the forthcoming competitions for future probation providers.</p><p> </p><p>Our reforms will harness the innovation of private and voluntary providers while drawing on the expertise of the National Probation Service to strengthen rehabilitation and protect the public.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/11/2019 16:18:55 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1142948

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff were employed by probation services in Wales in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	284444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>As of 31 December 2018, there were 695 staff employed by the National Probation Service in the Wales probation region.</p><p> </p><p>Prison and Probation workforce statistics are published quarterly, more information can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/09/2019 11:28:19 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1143083

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff were employed by probation services in Wales in 2008.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	284479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>We currently do not hold workforce data for Probation Services prior to 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Workforce statistics for 2013 and onwards can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/09/2019 11:19:45 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1143084

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve the provision of probation services in rural locations in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	284760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government set out its response to the consultation ‘Strengthening probation, building confidence’ on 16<sup>th</sup> May 2019.</p><p> </p><p>This consultation response confirmed that we intend to bring the supervision of medium and low risk offenders, currently supervised by the Community Rehabilitation Company, into the National Probation Service across England and Wales. Recognising the unique circumstances of Wales, we are seeking to achieve this by the end of 2019 so that advice to court, risk and need assessments, sentence planning and managing enforcement and recall will all sit within a single organisation.</p><p> </p><p>A number of market engagement events have been held in Wales to help inform the design of the future services and we are keen to work with a range of providers including both the private and voluntary sector. HMPPS in Wales work closely with the Welsh Government, the PCCs and other key stakeholders in Wales to ensure we capture how our services can best meet our shared objectives and align with existing arrangements. We are taking into account the landscape in Wales, including consideration of Welsh legislation, Welsh language and other priorities identified in our design work to date. In doing this, we will seek to reduce duplication in existing services and encourage partners to design, develop, commission and deliver in an integrated way.</p><p> </p><p>NPS in Wales covers the whole of Wales, which has a mix of urban and rural areas creating different challenges and opportunities. There are five geographical local delivery units that are configured in a way to ensure that there is local oversight of issues such as rurality and an ability to respond to local challenges that may arise.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/09/2019 12:58:51 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1125777

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which services currently managed by community rehabilitation services will be run by the National Probation Service under the new model of probation proposed for Wales.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	252667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government set out its response to the consultation ‘Strengthening probation, building confidence’ on the 16th May 2019.</p><p>This consultation response confirmed that we intend to bring the supervision of medium and low risk offenders, currently supervised by the Community Rehabilitation Company, into the National Probation Service across England and Wales. Recognising the unique delivery landscape in Wales, we are seeking to achieve this by the end of 2019 so that advice to court, risk and need assessments, sentence planning and managing enforcement and recall will all sit within a single organisation.</p><p>Responsibility for delivering unpaid work, running accredited programmes, and provision of “Through-The-Gate” resettlement services will remain with the Community Rehabilitation Company until the end of the current contract. A competitive procurement process will be run over the coming months to re-procure delivery of these services once the current contracts end</p><p>A number of market engagement events have been held in Wales to help inform the design of the future services and the procurement process. We are keen to work with a range of providers including both the private and voluntary sector. Work is ongoing to finalise the competitive process for procuring unpaid work, accredited programmes and resettlement services and we aim to have new contracts signed by the end of 2020.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 252668 question first answered 17/05/2019 13:10:41 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1125778

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his plans are for the responsibility for procurement under the new model of probation proposed for Wales.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	252668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government set out its response to the consultation ‘Strengthening probation, building confidence’ on the 16th May 2019.</p><p>This consultation response confirmed that we intend to bring the supervision of medium and low risk offenders, currently supervised by the Community Rehabilitation Company, into the National Probation Service across England and Wales. Recognising the unique delivery landscape in Wales, we are seeking to achieve this by the end of 2019 so that advice to court, risk and need assessments, sentence planning and managing enforcement and recall will all sit within a single organisation.</p><p>Responsibility for delivering unpaid work, running accredited programmes, and provision of “Through-The-Gate” resettlement services will remain with the Community Rehabilitation Company until the end of the current contract. A competitive procurement process will be run over the coming months to re-procure delivery of these services once the current contracts end</p><p>A number of market engagement events have been held in Wales to help inform the design of the future services and the procurement process. We are keen to work with a range of providers including both the private and voluntary sector. Work is ongoing to finalise the competitive process for procuring unpaid work, accredited programmes and resettlement services and we aim to have new contracts signed by the end of 2020.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 252667 question first answered 17/05/2019 13:10:41 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1064069

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Government press release entitled New plans for probation in Wales announced by UK Government, published in July 2019, whether those changes to probation arrangements will involve any contracting out of services.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	223268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is clear that the public, private and voluntary sectors all have a role to play in delivering probation services.</p><p> </p><p>We consulted in summer 2018 on proposals to better integrate providers in Wales by bringing the NPS and CRC into one combined probation service, while exploring options for the commissioning of rehabilitation services in Wales which reflect the delivery landscape and the skills and capabilities of providers.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to develop these proposals in consultation with stakeholders and will set out plans for the future of probation in Wales later this year.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 25/02/2019 17:38:17 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts