Chief Inspector's speeches, letters etc
- Valedictory lecture by Andrew Bridges, HM Chief Inspector of Probation, at University of Oxford, 16 May 2011 (PDF 0.22mb)
- Response by HMI Probation to the Government's Green Paper "Breaking the cycle" (PDF 0.16mb)
- Policy Exchange: Speech by Chief Inspector, Andrew Bridges 25 November 2010 (PDF 0.02mb)
- HMI Probation: A discussion re Outcomes - Presentation by the Chief Inspector of Probation at the OMI 2 South East End of Region Briefing, 7 October 2010 (PDF 0.08mb)
- Response by the Chief Inspector of Probation to comments by Ann Widdecombe on Foreword to HMI Probation Annual Report (PDF 0.11mb)
- HM Inspectorate of Probation Annual Report 2009-10: speech by Chief Inspector (PDF 0.12mb)
- Response by the Chief Inspector of Probation to comments on Foreword to HMI Probation Annual Report (PDF 0.14mb)
- 'The Challenges Facing Probation' - A speech made by the Chief Inspector to the Criminal Justice Alliance on 1st July 2009. (PDF 0.04mb)
- Response by Chief Inspector to ‘Titan’ Prison Consultation - July 2008 (PDF 0.03mb)
- Speech by Chief Inspector at Langley House Trust National Thanksgiving Service - 26 June 2008 (PDF 0.02mb)
- Written evidence by Chief Inspector to the Justice Select Committee on Justice Reinvestment - April 2008 (PDF 0.04mb)
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Chief Inspector's letter to William Sargent, Executive Chair at Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), 2 January 2008 (PDF 0.14mb)
The letter contains constructive criticism of BERR's current approach.
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Chief Inspector's letter to County Chief Executives - 19 December 2007 (PDF 0.15mb)
The letter responds to questions and comments about the current Youth Offending Team inspection programme.
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Chief Inspector's evidence to the Justice Select Committee - 12 December 2007 (PDF 0.10mb)
The Chief Inspector commented on Probation Service resources, Risk of Harm to others, and early release; and suggested that we needed to be clearer about what the Criminal Justice System can achieve in practice.
- Speech by Chief Inspector to All-Party Parliamentary Group on Penal Affairs: “Dangerous Offenders – What Can be Achieved?” 13 November 2007 (PDF 0.12mb)
- Chief Inspector of Probation dedicates CBE to colleagues (PDF 0.01mb)
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Speech by Andrew Bridges at Home Secretary’s Public Protection event - 24 April 2006 (PDF 0.05mb)
Speech by Andrew Bridges, Chief Inspector of Probation, at the Home Secretary’s Public Protection event for Probation Service middle managers.
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Letter from Chief Inspector to Daily Mail (PDF 0.02mb)
Andrew Bridges, Chief Inspector of Probation, writes in response to an article in the Daily Mail on 17 April on serious further offences committed while under Probation supervision.
