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Probation: Voluntary Organisations

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential for a role for the voluntary sector in helping support the Probation Service during the period after release.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
16 Apr 2026
Answer
21 Apr 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential for a role for the voluntary sector in helping support the Probation Service during the period after release.

  2. 16 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    We recognise the valuable role played by the thousands of voluntary sector organisations that work in partnership with prisons and the Probation Service to provide vital support to people serving their sentences in prison and on returning to the community...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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