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<p>There are 20 individuals currently undergoing assessment for approval to become
intervention providers (IPs) for the Channel programme. Recruitment of IPs is a continuous
process and 5 individuals have recently received Ministerial approval.</p><p> </p><p>The
table below provides the current regional location breakdown of approved IPs. The
majority of IPs work nationally and are frequently commissioned to work outside of
their geographical location. We keep the list of IPs under review to ensure that regional
distribution is appropriate to the number of Channel cases.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number
of IPs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North
West</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East
Midlands</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East
of England</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
East</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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