Memorandum from the Ministry of Justice
I am writing to enclose a copy of an action
plan that has recently been published by Roger Hill, 1 the Director
of the National Probation Service. The plan outlines the National
Probation Service's reponse to the findings and recommendations
of the National Audit Office's report, The supervision of community
orders in England and Wales.
I wanted to ensure that members of the Public
Accounts Committee had access to the action plan before the hearing
next week because it demonstrates the positive response of the
Department, the NOMS Agency and the National Probation Service
to the National Audit Office's helpful report.
I am not aware of any other significant new
material which has a bearing upon the report and needs to be drawn
to the attention of the Committee. However, you may wish to inform
them that data on the reduction of re-offending rates for 2005
will be published in May 2008. This 2005 data pre-dates the introduction
of the new community orders and would have little direct value
for the Committee's considerations. The 2006 data, which will
be the first to include community orders, will be published in
September 2008 and the 2007 data, which includes a full year of
community order completions, will be published in March 2009.
We then intend to publish new data annually.
I have copied this leter to the Comptroller
and Auditor General.
16 April 2008
1 Not printed here
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