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National performance met or exceeded targets for four out of the 18 Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) measures in the most recently released figures. CRC contracts continue to be managed throughout COVID and the contract exit period. Where performance issues arise, these are managed by the relevant contract management teams and contractual levers applied, for example service credits or performance improvement plans.<\/p>
As a result of the COVID pandemic all CRCs have been operating under the obligations within their Exceptional Delivery Models (EDM). This has meant that CRCs have had to adapt to an alternative way of working. The EDMs are subject to robust assurance and compliance activities, which are carried out by the Authority on a regular basis to ensure that CRCs continue to operate to their contracted obligations and continue to deliver front line probation services to protect the public.<\/p>
There was minimal impact from COVID-19 on performance for Q4 (1st<\/sup> January \u2013 31st<\/sup> March) 2020. However, there may be small localised effects due to government regulations introduced in the week commencing 23rd<\/sup> of March 2020 which saw some normal probation operations temporarily suspended, group-sizes reduced, or CRCs operating by alternative practices that may not be fully reflected in performance reporting.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Her Majesty\u2019s Prison and Probation Service Annual Report and Accounts 2019\u201320, published on 24 September 2020, what assessment he has made of the reasons for worsening performance across the following key performance indicators for Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRC) (a) CRC completion of accredited programmes, (b) CRC sentence plan timeliness, and (c) and CRC initial contact; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1176319/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " No organisations have been barred from the competition. The Public Procurement Regulations 2015 contain discretionary grounds for disqualifying a supplier, including where there are \u201csignificant or persistent deficiencies" in the performance of a substantive requirement under a prior public contract, which led to early termination of the prior contract in question, or to damages or other comparable sanctions.<\/p> The criteria for exclusion have not been met \u2013 no Community Rehabilitation Company contracts have been terminated for poor performance, and nor has there been cause to claim damages.<\/p>