January 2012 News Update
31.01.2012

Governance In Commissioning: Advice and Guidance for Trusts
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.
Angela Munley from NOMS' Business and Provider Unit comments on our questions. Other specialists also provide updates on various aspects of commissioning and Social Enterprise

Social Enterprise - What All Trusts Should Consider
A Q&A with Angela Munley.

Developing Tomorrow's Chiefs
The Association has been working with partners at the Probation Chiefs Association (PCA) and NOMS on a new chief executive development programme for probation trust ACOs and directors.

Tiers and Risk
The PA is supporting strong representations to NOMS by the PCA about the last element of the Specification, Benchmarking and Costing (SBC) programme, "Manage the custodial sentence pre and post release".

JSC Looks at MOJ Structure
The Justice Select Committee has launched an inquiry into the budget and structure of the Ministry of Justice. Former Secretary of State Jack Straw and former Director General of NOMS, Phil Wheatley, gave evidence on 24 January. We link to the draft transcript.

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