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<p>Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) contracts require each CRC to maintain a
sufficient level of staff and ensure that its workforce is competent and adequately
trained. Our Contract Management teams closely monitor and robustly manage providers
to make sure they fulfil their commitments. We do not hold information regarding redundancy
costs as CRCs have the authority to manage surplus staff as per their business and
operating models. Where redundancies have been made, CRCs have been required to provide
assurance that service delivery can be maintained.</p><p> </p><p>We take seriously
concerns raised by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) and others over
staffing levels, particularly for resettlement work with prisoners nearing the end
of their custodial terms. The contract changes we agreed with CRCs this year include
£22m per year in additional funding for Through The Gate services, which will mean
approximately 500 more staff working with offenders in prison after April 2019. We
are currently proposing further changes to probation after the existing CRC contracts
come to an end in 2020. The proposed changes include measures to ensure the probation
workforce is better supported to build their careers and deliver a high-quality service
to offenders, such as introducing a standard training framework for staff and a national
professional register to recognise the specialism and value of probation work.</p><p>
</p><p>We do not routinely publish staff numbers and costs as this is commercially
sensitive information.</p><p> </p>
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