Extract from Justice Questions - Dec 8
Wednesday, 9 December 2020 08:32
Sally-Ann Hart (Hastings and Rye) (Con): The new probation system
is set to be in place in the next few months, with unpaid work and
key programmes to stop criminals reoffending to be delivered by Her
Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service from next June. Seetec has
recently been awarded a Ministry of Justice contract for a
co-financing organisation activity hub in the south-east region, to
deliver support to help offenders reintegrate back into society.
The hub will be based in Chatham,...Request free trial
(Hastings and Rye) (Con): The new probation system
is set to be in place in the next few months, with unpaid work and
key programmes to stop criminals reoffending to be delivered by Her
Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service from next June.
Seetec has recently been awarded
a Ministry of Justice contract for a co-financing organisation
activity hub in the south-east region, to deliver support to help
offenders reintegrate back into society. The hub will be based in
Chatham, with a satellite provision in my constituency at St
Leonards-on-Sea. Can my hon. Friend confirm that there is still a
role for the private sector in offender rehabilitation, even if not
by community rehabilitation companies?
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home
Department (): My
hon. Friend asks a good question. CRCs are being transitioned out
and the probation service will take over organising this activity,
but within that there will be opportunities for private sector, or
indeed charitable sector, organisations to bid to provide certain
kinds of activity and certain kinds of rehabilitation work via the
dynamic framework. We envisage eventually spending about £100
million a year on procuring these services via the dynamic
framework. Any organisation, such as the one she mentions, that has
something to offer and can help with rehabilitation is, of course,
strongly encouraged to bid for those services to make sure we are
drawing on the full range of available services as we try to
rehabilitate offenders and build a better life for their future and
protect our constituents as well.
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