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Terms of Reference
Summary
1 Introduction
Why probation?
Context
Recent developments
Creation of the NOMS agency and probation trusts
New local governance arrangements
Post-election re-organisation of NOMS
2 The role of the probation service
The purpose of probation
The development of the probation service
The current role of the probation service
Assessment and advice to courts
Offender management
Supervision of community orders and licences
The offender manager's relationship with offenders
National standards: discretion and professional judgment
The management of risk
Work with victims and restorative justice
Working with particular groups of offenders
Recruitment and training of offender managers
The benefits and limitations of the new training arrangements
Post-qualification and management training
3 NOMS and national governance
National commissioning of probation services and performance framework
NOMS and national contracts
The tendering process for community payback
4 Working with courts and other local partners
Relationships with courts
Resources
Workloads
Working with local partners
Local joint commissioning arrangements
Partnership schemes and the potential to pool resources
The role of the probation service in public protection
5 Reforms to community sentences
The Government's proposals
Reducing the use of short-term imprisonment
Strengthening community sentences
Public confidence in community sentences
The role of probation in promoting confidence in community sentences
The success of the proposed reforms in the context of fewer resources
6 Future commissioning arrangements
Potential models of commissioning
Community sentences model
Local partnership models
The potential benefits and limitations of new commissioning models for probation and rehabilitative services
Creating a mixed economy in probation provision
The benefits of paying providers by results
Commissioning for offender management: getting the balance right
Achieving economies of scale
Potential risks in getting the balance wrong
Towards a fully integrated commissioning model
Prisons: the missing link?
Geographically based commissioning
The role of sentencers
Potential solutions
7 Practical issues in the application of payment by results to rehabilitation
The creation of a stable market
Immaturity of the current market
Transparency and an effective dialogue
Implications for training
The complexity of designing a payment by results commissioning model
The flexibility of contracts
Designing appropriate payment mechanisms
Choosing appropriate outcome measures
Graduated and differentiated payments
Developing a business case
The quality of the evidence base
Attributing results
8 Conclusion
Conclusions and recommendations
Annex: e-consultation
Formal Minutes
Witnesses
List of printed written evidence
List of additional written evidence
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament
Oral and written evidence 12 October 2010 2 November 2010 8 March 2011 29 March 2011 11 May 2011 17 May 2011 18 May 2011 23 May 2011 24 May 2011 7 June 2011 8 June 2011 14 June 2011 Written evidence Additional written evidence
12 October 2010
2 November 2010
8 March 2011
29 March 2011
11 May 2011
17 May 2011
18 May 2011
23 May 2011
24 May 2011
7 June 2011
8 June 2011
14 June 2011
Written evidence
Additional written evidence
