Keywords

ALB, Arm’s Length Bodies, Public Bodies, Quangos, Public Servants, Civil Servants

HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS)

HM Prison and Probation Service is a Executive Agency sponsored by Ministry of Justice. HMPPS is responsible for: Managing public sector prisons; Managing the national Probation service; Managing public sector youth custody; Managing electronic monitoring for individuals on court bail, offenders subject to community orders or licence conditions, and, on behalf of the Home Office, subjects on immigration bail.; Liaising with the Welsh government on devolved matters (especially health and education) to ensure the effective delivery of services in Wales; Performance managing private/third sector providers of offender management services; Delivering and managing central system-wide operational support services (such as incident management, prison industries, and improving safety and security practice).

Regional Remit

HMPPS operates in England and Wales. Their headquarters are located in London.


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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0 Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025

2023/24 Chair's Name

Gerard Lemos

Established

2008

Ombudsman

Prisons and Probation Ombudsman

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Finances

This figure provides an overview of HM Prison and Probation Service’s income and expenditure during the 2023/24 financial year.

Some ALBs, such as those with Trading Fund status, do not classify their spending data by RDEL, CDEL, and AME and will report £0 for these values.
For more information regarding RDEL, CDEL and AME, please see our analysis of ALB Spending.

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Staffing

The figure below shows the types of staff employed by HM Prison and Probation Service on 31 March 2024.


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Arms Length Bodies

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