AC3.1 NATIONAL PROBATION SERVICE

Question 1

What is the NPS’s philosophy?

Answer 1

Belief offenders can change for better + become responsible members of society
Belief in worth and dignity of individual

Question 2

What is the NPS’s aims and objectives?

Answer 2

Statutory criminal justice service that supervises high-risk offenders released into community
Provides statutory support to victims of serious sexual/violent crime
Protect public by rehabilitating

Question 3

What two types of clients do the NPS supervise?

Answer 3

Offenders serving sentence in community rather than prison due to Community Order
Offenders released on licence from prison before end of sentence

Question 4

What was the budget of the HM Prison and Probation Service in 2018?

Answer 4

£4.6 billion- shared between prisons and probation

Question 5

Who provides budget for HM Prison and Probation Service?

Answer 5

Government + general taxation