"Reducing Crime, Changing Lives" (Hansard, 19 January 2004)

HC Deb 19 January 2004 vol 416 cc972-3W 973W

§ 22. Mrs. Brooke
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the plans contained in the report "Reducing Crime, Changing Lives" will be the subject of parliamentary scrutiny. [148347]

§ Ms Blears
The chief executive of the National Offender Management Service will be accountable to Ministers for reducing re-offending and delivering other agreed outcomes from the new service. Ministers will of course remain accountable to parliament for the service. Some of the reforms proposed in Reducing Crime—Changing Lives are likely to require legislation to be passed by parliament.