Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 4313

Probation

Tabled: 4 September 2024
Answered: 13 September 2024

Question

Anna Dixon

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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the probation service has the capacity to cope with recent increases in prisoner releases.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
Probation staff do an extraordinary job in extremely challenging circumstances.The eight weeks since the Lord Chancellor’s announcement of prisoner release under SDS40 has given the Probation Service more time to prepare than a release on the previous Gov...

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