PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Community Rehabilitation Companies (26 November 2014)

Information regarding Parent Company Guarantees, including the identity of guarantors, is commercially sensitive information relating to bidder proposals and cannot be disclosed while the competition is ongoing.

However I can confirm that we have a healthy diverse market in the competition to establish the eventual owners of the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies. There has been strong competition in all regions, with over 80 bids received and an average of four bidders for each area. Following rigorous assessment eight Preferred Bidders have been selected. In 19 of the 21 areas a mutual or VCSE is involved in the Tier 1 bid or as a strategic partner, and six of the Community Rehabilitation Companies will be run with the involvement of a probation staff mutual. The list of Preferred Bidders can be accessed via the following link:

http://www.justice.gov.uk/transforming-rehabilitation/competition