National Offender Management Service (Hansard, 13 February 2004)

§ Mr. Hancock
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how he will ensure that links with criminal justice boards, crime reduction partnerships and multi-agency public protection panel arrangements are retained under the arrangements for the National Offender Management Service. [151622]

§ Paul Goggins
[holding answer 4 February 2004]: Inter-agency work to protect the public and encourage rehabilitation will be a central element of the work of the National Offender Management Service.
The details of the National Offender Management Service and its links with Criminal Justice Boards, Crime Reduction Partnerships and Multi Agency Protection Panels will be developed as part of the implementation of the Reducing Crime-Changing Lives reforms.

§ Mr. Hancock
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what lines of accountability will lie between local offender managers and regional offender managers under the arrangements for the National Offender Management Service. [151623]
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§ Paul Goggins
[holding answer 4 February 2004]: The structure of the National Offender Management Service is yet to be finalised. As part of the implementation of the Reducing Crime—Changing Lives reforms the implementation team will consider the lines of accountability between local offender managers and regional offender managers which will be subject to full consultation with staff and unions.

§ Mr. Hancock
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether human resource and finance facilities for probation areas will be provided at regional level under the arrangements for the National Offender Management Service. [152204]

§ Paul Goggins
[holding answer 4 February 2004]: The structure of the National Offender Management Service (NOMS), including the human resource and finance facilities, is not yet finalised. The implementation team will work closely with staff and unions to get the structure of NOMS right. No decisions have been made at this stage about changes to numbers terms of service or work locations and there will be full consultation on any proposed changes.