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21 July 2020
Issue: 7896 / Categories: Legal News , Criminal
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Probation under scrutiny

The Justice Committee launched an inquiry this week into the future of the Probation Service

It is seeking written submissions by 7 September and aims to publish its report in February 2021. Earlier this year, the Ministry of Justice returned to a single national probation service with some services still contracted out.

Sir Bob Neill, chair of the Justice Committee, said: ‘We’ll want to know if this new model will work and whether it will be capable of clearing the backlog of probation work caused by the pandemic.’

Contribute to the inquiry at: https://bit.ly/2DZCTmQ.

Issue: 7896 / Categories: Legal News , Criminal
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