NIPS Annual Report and Accounts 2012-13 - Department of Justice

2012-2013
Performance Against Delivery Objectives
Delivery Objective Comment Target Status
1. NIPS will work closely
with the DOJ and other
partners in the criminal
justice sector to develop
a holistic strategy for
reducing offending.
Once agreed, NIPS will
take forward practical
implementation of those
elements of the strategy
relating to NIPS services
through development of:
> a regime strategy
focused on reducing the
risk of re-offending;
Delivery options for offender management
services were reviewed during 2012 and options
submitted and considered by the Strategic
Efficiency and Effectiveness (SEE) Programme
Board in December 12. A preferred option was
approved by the SEE Programme Board March 13.
During the year a review of the administrative
support function within Offender Management
Units (OMU) was commissioned and completed.
The IT work to support the roll-out of a revised
Offender Management (OM) process was
commenced in January 13 and initial scoping
work for the early phases conducted. Work has
continued to develop the revised OM specification
and practice guidance to support implementation
of PRT Recommendation 30.
Partially met
> an effective system
for assessing prisoner
needs and commissioning
interventions;
Timescales for completion of this work were
revised in year. Work was progressed from
January-March to produce an interim needs
analysis and a report of best practice in other
jurisdictions. Both reports will be completed
during April 2013 although the interim needs
analysis will produce limited findings. A second
data capture exercise of the prisoner population
was completed on 1 April and the initial needs
analysis report will be updated in line with those
findings (estimated completion date April/May
13). An options paper (to deliver a longer term
solution) is to be prepared by end of May 13
setting out the NIPS requirement and delivery
options.
> a joint healthcare and
criminal justice strategy;
DHSSPS leading on the development of the joint
strategy in conjunction with DOJ. Scope has been
developed and working group established.
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