Question follow-through · 6870
Probation Service: East of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Probation Service in the East of England.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 11 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Probation Service in the East of England.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Oct 2024
Answer published
The performance of the Probation Service in England and Wales is closely monitored by both internal and external scrutiny bodies, including His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP), who provide independent scrutiny of Probation Services. The Ministr...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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