His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service is an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) responsible for the correctional services in England and Wales. It was created in 2004 as the National Offender Management Service(NOMS) by combining parts of both of the headquarters of the National Probation Service and His Majesty's Prison Service with some existing Home Office functions. In 2017, some of the agency's functions transferred to the Ministry of Justice and it received a new name.
Former logo as National Offender Management Service
NOMS was created on 1 June 2004 following a review by Patrick Carter (now Lord Carter of Coles), a Labour-supporting businessman. Carter had been asked by the government to propose a way of achieving a better balance between the prison population in England and Wales and the resources available for the correctional services. He proposed three radical changes. Firstly, that there should be 'end-to-end management' of each offender from first contact with the correctional services to full completion of the sentence. Secondly, that there should be a clear division between the commissioners of services and their providers. And thirdly that there should be 'contestability' amongst these providers. By this means, he argued, efficiency would be increased, unit costs reduced, and innovation encouraged. Growth in the prison population, which had increased by two thirds over the previous ten years, would be constrained by giving the courts greater confidence in the effectiveness of community sentences as opposed to prison sentences through better management of offenders, leading to reduced levels of recidivism.[1] The Government accepted these proposals.
Changes following the creation of the MOJedit
On 9 May 2007 the correctional services element of the Home Office was moved to join the former Department of Constitutional Affairs in the newly created Ministry of Justice. In January 2008, the then Secretary of State for Justice, Jack Straw, announced major organisational reform which resulted in the Director-General of His Majesty's Prison Service, Phil Wheatley, becoming the Chief Executive of NOMS, and assuming responsibility for both the National Probation Service (NPS) as well as HM Prison Service and management of contracts for private sector operation of prisons and prisoner escorting.[2] Following this the Chief Executive post was reclassified as Director-General.[3] and NOMS was designated as an executive agency within the Ministry of Justice[4]
Introduction of HMPPSedit
In February 2017, the then-Secretary of State for Justice, Liz Truss, confirmed that NOMS would be replaced by HMPPS in April that year. Responsibility for commissioning services, development of policy and setting standards passed from the agency to the MoJ.[5]
^Dunton, Jim (9 February 2017). "Justice secretary details National Offender Management Service changes". Civil Service World. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
External linksedit
Official website
HM Prison Service
National Probation Service
January 01, 1970
prison, probation, service, majesty, prison, probation, service, executive, agency, ministry, justice, responsible, correctional, services, england, wales, created, 2004, national, offender, management, service, noms, combining, parts, both, headquarters, nati. His Majesty s Prison and Probation Service is an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice MOJ responsible for the correctional services in England and Wales It was created in 2004 as the National Offender Management Service NOMS by combining parts of both of the headquarters of the National Probation Service and His Majesty s Prison Service with some existing Home Office functions In 2017 some of the agency s functions transferred to the Ministry of Justice and it received a new name His Majesty s Prison and Probation ServiceClive House 70 Petty France LondonExecutive Agency overviewFormed2004 2004 as NOMS JurisdictionEngland and Wales United KingdomHeadquarters70 Petty France London SW1H 9AJMinister responsibleDamian Hinds MP Minister of State for Prisons Parole and ProbationExecutive Agency executiveAmy Rees Chief ExecutiveParent departmentMinistry of JusticeChild agenciesHis Majesty s Prison ServiceNational Probation ServiceWebsitegov wbr uk wbr hmpps Contents 1 History 1 1 Creation as NOMS 1 2 Changes following the creation of the MOJ 1 3 Introduction of HMPPS 2 List of Chief Executives 3 References 4 External linksHistory editCreation as NOMS edit nbsp Former logo as National Offender Management Service NOMS was created on 1 June 2004 following a review by Patrick Carter now Lord Carter of Coles a Labour supporting businessman Carter had been asked by the government to propose a way of achieving a better balance between the prison population in England and Wales and the resources available for the correctional services He proposed three radical changes Firstly that there should be end to end management of each offender from first contact with the correctional services to full completion of the sentence Secondly that there should be a clear division between the commissioners of services and their providers And thirdly that there should be contestability amongst these providers By this means he argued efficiency would be increased unit costs reduced and innovation encouraged Growth in the prison population which had increased by two thirds over the previous ten years would be constrained by giving the courts greater confidence in the effectiveness of community sentences as opposed to prison sentences through better management of offenders leading to reduced levels of recidivism 1 The Government accepted these proposals Changes following the creation of the MOJ edit On 9 May 2007 the correctional services element of the Home Office was moved to join the former Department of Constitutional Affairs in the newly created Ministry of Justice In January 2008 the then Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw announced major organisational reform which resulted in the Director General of His Majesty s Prison Service Phil Wheatley becoming the Chief Executive of NOMS and assuming responsibility for both the National Probation Service NPS as well as HM Prison Service and management of contracts for private sector operation of prisons and prisoner escorting 2 Following this the Chief Executive post was reclassified as Director General 3 and NOMS was designated as an executive agency within the Ministry of Justice 4 Introduction of HMPPS edit In February 2017 the then Secretary of State for Justice Liz Truss confirmed that NOMS would be replaced by HMPPS in April that year Responsibility for commissioning services development of policy and setting standards passed from the agency to the MoJ 5 List of Chief Executives editMartin Narey 2004 to 2005 Helen Edwards 2005 to 2008 Phil Wheatley as Director General 2008 to 2010 Michael Spurr 2010 to 2019 Jo Farrar 2019 to 2022 Amy Rees 2022 to present References edit Peter Carter Review for HM Government PDF Managing Offenders Cabinet Office Archived from the original PDF on 13 June 2007 Retrieved 5 April 2011 Reorganisation of the Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice Archived from the original on 13 May 2008 Retrieved 13 December 2009 Our organisational structure Ministry of Justice National Offender Management Service Archived from the original on 1 December 2008 Retrieved 19 February 2009 http webarchive nationalarchives gov uk 20090607161852 http www justice gov uk publications docs noms agency framework pdf bare URL PDF Dunton Jim 9 February 2017 Justice secretary details National Offender Management Service changes Civil Service World Retrieved 5 August 2017 External links editOfficial website HM Prison Service National Probation Service Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HM Prison and Probation Service amp oldid 1171036307, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
