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HANSARDYouth OffendingMy hon. Friend makes a good point, and I am always keen to hear from him on this important subject. The Government have invested a lot of money in the 10-year drugs plan, and…21 Feb 2023HANSARDOffenders (Day of Release from Detention) BillIt is a real pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Vickers, and to serve under your chairmanship for the first time. I thank my hon. Friends the Members for Workington and for…08 Feb 2023HANSARDFemale Offender Strategy Delivery PlanThe Government are today publishing our “Female Offender Strategy Delivery Plan”. The delivery plan sets out how the Government will deliver four overarching priorities to improve…31 Jan 2023HANSARD Probation Service: Chief Inspector’s Reviews into Serious Further OffencesThe hon. Lady speaks with great personal experience as well as passion, and always does on these topics. I wish it were not so. I wish she did not have to have all those…24 Jan 2023HANSARD Probation Service: Chief Inspector’s Reviews into Serious Further OffencesMy right hon. Friend is absolutely correct. This is about not only recruiting talented and dedicated people but retaining them. I am focused on that and I know the service is as…24 Jan 2023HANSARD Probation Service: Chief Inspector’s Reviews into Serious Further OffencesAgain, I acknowledge what the hon. Gentleman says and what is in this report from the chief inspector about failings that happened. To be clear, these were unacceptable failings…24 Jan 2023HANSARD Probation Service: Chief Inspector’s Reviews into Serious Further OffencesData management goes to the heart of record management. We have talked a lot about how we share intelligence and information, and how to make it better. Of course, how we manage…24 Jan 2023HANSARD Probation Service: Chief Inspector’s Reviews into Serious Further OffencesI take seriously everything that the Chair of the Select Committee says, and we welcome the scrutiny of the Committee and the expertise that its members bring. I will look…24 Jan 2023HANSARD Probation Service: Chief Inspector’s Reviews into Serious Further OffencesThe hon. Gentleman is right to identify the particularly serious findings on London probation services and his particular service in Hammersmith and Fulham. We published at the…24 Jan 2023HANSARD Probation Service: Chief Inspector’s Reviews into Serious Further OffencesI thank the shadow Minister for what he says and the questions he has put. Everyone who has heard the horror of these brutal crimes has been deeply affected, and I know that the…24 Jan 2023HANSARD Probation Service: Chief Inspector’s Reviews into Serious Further OffencesToday the chief inspector of probation has published his independent review into the probation service’s management of Jordan McSweeney, who brutally murdered Zara Aleena as she…24 Jan 2023HANSARD Probation Service: Chief Inspector’s Reviews into Serious Further OffencesOn the first point, the hon. Lady is right about the need to manage workloads and ensure they are reasonable. That is very closely linked to her second question. I did not mean to…24 Jan 2023HANSARD Probation Service: Chief Inspector’s Reviews into Serious Further OffencesMy hon. Friend is characteristically precise about the issue that he identifies. Tragically, more leeway was given than would have been the case had the individual been…24 Jan 2023HANSARDInspectorate Reviews into Serious Further OffencesToday the chief inspector of probation has published his independent review into the Probation Service’s management of Jordan McSweeney, who murdered Zara Aleena on 26 June 2022…24 Jan 2023HANSARD Probation Service: Chief Inspector’s Reviews into Serious Further OffencesWe seek to ensure that the categorisation and risk assessment of every individual is as accurate as it can be. In truth, in humanity there is no neat high, medium and low…24 Jan 2023HANSARD Probation Service: Chief Inspector’s Reviews into Serious Further OffencesThe right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. He raised a number of points. In terms of link-ups, it is correct that we need to look outside the criminal justice system. One of…24 Jan 2023HANSARD Probation Service: Chief Inspector’s Reviews into Serious Further OffencesThe probation service needs to look at everything about the individual in terms of their risk. The specific thing I was talking about earlier is that, before putting somebody in a…24 Jan 2023HANSARDFuture of the Parole BoardI will respond to the hon. Gentleman on the precise numbers in correspondence, if I may. The important point is that every case is considered individually on its merits; that has…18 Jan 2023HANSARDFuture of the Parole BoardIt is a great pleasure to see you in the Chair and serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Murray. I congratulate the hon. Member for Blackley and Broughton (Graham Stringer) on…18 Jan 2023HANSARDFuture of the Parole BoardAs I am sure the hon. Gentleman recognises, the situation he describes could have happened anyway. I reassure him and other colleagues that this is not a diminution of the…18 Jan 2023