How or whether the Probation Review will affect Trusts' commissioning role is still unknown. Nonetheless, our staff continue to press NOMS for legal guidance on key unanswered questions about governance arrangements.

The head of the joint NOMS/MoJ Probation Review has given assurances to the PA Council that he does not want the process to result in the fragmentation of services or disruption to effective local partnerships.

Reoffending statistics that are more transparent and easy to understand have been published following collaboration between us, the Probation Chiefs Association and the National Offender Manager Service (NOMS). Plus, probation becomes the first in the public sector to win a prestigious business award.

The PA and the Probation Chiefs Association agree to work more closely to best respond to national challenges facing the service.

NOMS should Implement 2007 Offender Management Act - read our response to the agency's Review of Probation.

We were pleased to see much of our evidence reflected in the findings of the Justice Committee's inquiry in The role of the Probation Service.

The new Director of Probation at the National Offender Management Service says his agency will refocus activity to deal primarily with probation trust chairs. Also - the Ministry of Justice has raised the prospect of trusts being able to bid for electronic monitoring business.

Changes to the Association's subscription rates are outlined and the Association's calls on NOMS to avert a data storage capacity disaster highlighted.

Featuring the latest on the on-going pay negotiations for the service and a meeting between the Association and Shadow Lord Chancellor and Justice Minister Sadiq Khan.

The Association's formal response to the Green Paper Breaking The Cycle is outlined and an update provided on the Community Payback competition.