§ John McDonnellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the evidential basis was for the decision to separate probation case management and accredited programme work within the National Offender Management Service structure. [178799]
§ Paul Goggins[holding answer 21 June 2004]Patrick Carter's independent report "Managing Offenders—Reducing Crime", published along with the Government response "Reducing Crime—Changing Lives" on 6 January 2004, recommended separating offender management from accredited programmes as a way of developing greater contestability.