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NOMS Commissioning and the North West. Patrick Connelly Senior Commissioning Manager Commissioning and Commercial Directorate. NOMS funded provision in the North West. 5 Probation Trusts – co-terminus with counties
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NOMS Commissioning and the North West Patrick ConnellySenior Commissioning ManagerCommissioning and Commercial Directorate
NOMS funded provision in the North West • 5 Probation Trusts – co-terminus with counties • 16 prisons – 13 Public Sector (1 Juvenile, 1 Women’s and 1 competed), 2 contracted, 1 High Security • Electronic Monitoring • European Social Fund – Achieve NW • Bail Accommodation and Support Service • Attendance Centres
NOMS changing Headquarters structures and functions • Four main Directorates • Commissioning and Commercial Directorate • Functional design – community, custody and co-commissioning • North West and West Midlands “patch” for community and custodial commissioning • Reduced Headquarters capacity • Increased expectations of providers to lead/influence local commissioning • National Commissioning Intentions published – comments welcome • http://www.justice.gov.uk/about/noms/commissioning.htm
Commissioning Intentions • Evidence based commissioning with scope for innovation • Efficient delivery of “minimum requirements” • Expectations of main providers: • Develop local profiles and segmentation of offender population • Sub-contracting • Focus investment on proven interventions for high risk of harm/reoffending offenders • Disinvest from less effective/unproven interventions
Current/upcoming commissioning • Prison substance misuse services – PCTs and DAATs • Offender Learning and Skills – Skills Funding Agency • Community Payback • Prison Visitor Service contracts • Prison competitions • European Social Fund • Grants
Developing themes • Payment by Results pilots • Custody – Contracted Prisons • Custody – Public Sector Prisons • Community – Probation Trusts • Voluntary Sector – Innovation • Justice reinvestment • Transforming Justice in Greater Manchester and London • Community Budgets