Consideration of Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee.
New Clause 1
Review of legislation: National Probation Service
“(1) Within 18 months of enactment, the Secretary of State must commission a review and publish a report on the impact of the provisions in the Act on the National Probation Service.
(2) A review under subsection (1) must consider—
(a) the probation support provided to offenders convicted for terrorist offences;
(b) the—
(i) type; and
(ii) number of specialist staff employed by the National Probation Service to work with terrorist offenders.
(c) the—
(i) training;
(ii) assessed skill level; and
(iii) assessed experience of specialist staff employed by the National Probation Service to work with terrorist offenders;
(d) the turnover of probation staff;
(e) the average length of service of probation staff;
(f) the non-staff resources provided to manage offenders convicted for terrorist offences; and
(g) the adequacy of the operating budget of the National Probation Service.
(3) A report under subsection (1) may make recommendations to improve the probation support to terrorist offenders.
(4) Where a report has made recommendations under subsection (3), the Secretary of State shall respond within 2 months.