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<p> </p><p> </p><p>Under our reforms the market will be opened up to a diverse range
of new rehabilitation providers, so that we get the best out of the public, voluntary
and private sectors, at the local as well as national level. Protecting the public
must remain our top priority,and the new National Probation Service will manage all
offenders who pose a high risk of harm to the public or have committed the most serious
offences. The Secretary of State will continue to issue national standards for the
management of offenders, and the Government will place contractual requirements on
Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) to ensure that the risk of harm posed by
offenders is effectively managed. Providers bidding to run CRCs will need to demonstrate
in their bids how they would deliver high quality rehabilitative support to offenders,
and they will be held to account to deliver these services in their contracts. Bidders
will also need to demonstrate how they will maintain a workforce with appropriate
levels of competence and training to deliver these services.</p><p> </p><p>Our proposals
will be affordable within the context of the MoJ commitment to deliver annual savings
of over £2 billion by 2014/15. We plan to make efficiency savings through the use
of competition, the introduction of private and voluntary sector providers, and by
consolidating back-office functions within the public sector. Releasing these efficiency
savings will enable us to invest in rehabilitation and extend provision to support
supervision to a wider group of offenders.</p><p> </p>
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