October 2020

HM Inspectorate of Probation Corporate Plan 2020-2023 (PDF, 1 MB)

27 October 2020

March 2020

The People Strategy and Engagement Group within HM Inspectorate of Probation, which consists of representatives from across the organisation, have worked with colleagues to deliver the objectives identified from the People Survey 2018 and feedback from the follow-up focus groups, as identified in the People Strategy 2018-21. A great deal has been achieved in the […]

09 March 2020

September 2019

HMI Probation is the independent inspector of youth offending and probation services in England and Wales. We report on the effectiveness of work with adults and children who have offended. This is our corporate plan for 2019-2022

11 September 2019

March 2019

This report is in two parts. In Part 1, I explain the probation service, as people are often unaware of what it does, or how government expectations of the service have changed. Part 2 is a systematic evaluation of the service, with the aim of identifying what needs to change.

28 March 2019

February 2019

The Inspectorate’s People Strategy and Engagement Group advises and leads on improving and then maintaining good staff engagement in support of the delivery of the inspectorate’s strategic objectives. This document outlines the actions the group has identified to deliver that objective.

19 February 2019

May 2018

HMI Probation is the independent inspector of youth offending and probation services in England and Wales. We report on the effectiveness of work with adults and children who have offended. This is our corporate plan for 2018-2021

23 May 2018

This document describes the respective roles and responsibilities of HM Inspectorate of Probation (HMI Probation) and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and how the relationship between them will be conducted including the delivery of services by the MoJ to support the work of HMI Probation.

17 May 2018

December 2017

Probation reforms falter, disclosing deep seated problems. Government reform of probation has created a ‘two-tier and fragmented’ system in which private companies are performing significantly worse than public sector elements, according to the Chief Inspector of Probation.

14 December 2017

June 2017

HMI Probation is the independent inspector of youth offending and probation services in England and Wales. We report on the effectiveness of work with adults and children who have offended. This is our corporate plan for 2017-2020

23 June 2017

August 2016

The Plan sets out our intended programme of work for 2016-19 in continuing our work in providing independent assurance on the effectiveness of probation and youth offending services.

01 August 2016