PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Probation: Contracts (25 April 2019)

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the new probation contracts will include break clauses to ensure that those contracts can be terminated at no cost to the public purse in the event that private companies fail to reduce re-offending rates.

Asked by:
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour)

All major Government contracts have standard clauses to allow for termination for poor performance. This will not differ for any future contracts we let as part of future probation arrangements.

Answered by:
Rory Stewart (Independent)
30 April 2019