About HMI Probation
| 1936 |
Following the report
of the departmental committee on social services
in the Courts of Summary Jurisdiction, HMI Probation
was established as an independent inspectorate
within the Home Office.
Initially, the work of
HMI Probation comprised inspecting probation areas
and training and confirming the appointment of
probation officers. For this latter area of work,
a number of regional offices were set up across
the country, a structure that existed for the
next fifty years. |
| 1987 |
Following
a Cabinet Office Efficiency Scrutiny, substantial
changes to both the structure and working methods
of the Inspectorate were made, reflecting the
changes in the Probation Service and the wider
Criminal Justice System.
One of the major changes
was the transfer of the training function of HMI
Probation to educational establishments, principally
universities and polytechnics, allowing the Inspectorate
to concentrate solely on assessing the effectiveness
of probation areas through inspection. With regional
offices now no longer required, the decision was
taken to conduct Inspectorate business from two
offices, London and Manchester. |
| 1991 |
Under the Criminal
Justice Act, the Inspectorate was given a statutory
basis for the first time, placing it on a comparable
footing to other central government inspectorates. |
| 2000 |
The Criminal
Justice and Court Services Act renamed the Inspectorate
'Her Majesty's Inspectorate of the National Probation
Service for England and Wales'. Under clauses 6
and 7 of the Act, the Secretary of State was provided
with the power to appoint inspectors and in turn
to provide them with the powers to inspect and report
to him. |
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