§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether probation hostels in England and Wales will be subject to contestability following the creation of the National Offender Management Service. [161175]
§ Paul GogginsThe structure of the National Offender Management Service is yet to be finalised. As part of the implementation of the Reducing Crime—Changing Lives reforms details of contestability and the arrangements for the management of probation hostels in England and Wales are being developed.