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<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>
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