Seetec, the ninth largest employee-owned company in the UK
and leading provider of justice services, today responds to the
Ministry of Justice’s announcement that probation services in
England and Wales are to be renationalised.
Seetec Group Chief Executive Officer, John Baumback,
said:
“This announcement is devastating news for our
employee-owners who built a
service described as an
example of “best practice” by the Secretary of State for Justice.
We have a proud record of delivering value for taxpayers and
innovative new services, which was recognised by the Ministry of
Justice in February 2019 when we were appointed to transform
three failing probation areas.
“Renationalisation will be complex and involves the
integration of many operating models into one system by June
2021. This is an ambitious timetable, but we remain committed to
delivering high-quality public services and will work closely
with the Ministry of Justice and National Probation Service to
reduce risks to the public through this transition.
“Our employee-owned model of public services aligns the
interests of people delivering services with those who use it - a
powerful driver to create social and economic value in the
communities we serve. As the largest employee-owned provider of
frontline public services we are profoundly disappointed that the
Government is set to lose from probation our record of delivery
and unique approach.”
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Notes to editors
Seetec owns KSS CRC, the second-largest provider of
community rehabilitation company services in England and Wales.
The company supervises and supports around 20,000 offenders
categorised as low- and medium- risk across three divisions in
England (8,650 in Kent, Surrey and Sussex (KSS); 6,350 in
Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire (BGSW) and 4,200
Dorset, Devon and Cornwall (DDC). KSS CRC also provides
interventions and programmes that reduce the likelihood of
reoffending to people supervised by the National Probation
Service in Wales.
