Financial Effects and Effects on Public Service Manpower
196.Resource spending on probation related services for 2007/08 is forecast as £976m. This estimate includes the cost of local probation boards and certain probation related functions that are carried out at NOMS centre such as Estates, Public Protection, Human Resources and Finance. The cost of electronic monitoring is not included in this estimate.
197.The main financial implications arise from implementation of the new arrangements for the provision of probation services in Part 1. Offering other providers the opportunity to demonstrate what they could deliver will incur costs for NOMS in a number of areas, including the administration of procurement exercises, the preparation of providers’ proposals and commissioner requirements, and the management of contracts and in-house contract compliance. These are both affordable within current allocations and expected to be offset and exceeded by the savings from implementing commissioning with contestability.
198.It is not envisaged that Parts 2 or 3 of the Bill would have any significant financial effects.
Effects of the Bill on Public Sector Manpower
199.Public sector manpower is not expected to increase as a result of the Bill.
200.The new arrangements for the provision of probation services may result in some public sector staff transferring to the private or voluntary sector. In such circumstances, terms and conditions will be protected by TUPE regulations, or by the equivalent provisions detailed in paragraph 5 of Schedule 2.
