To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much of the money budgeted for the end-to-end offender management roll-out was allocated to each probation area in 2007-08; and how that allocation was decided. (181943)

A total of £3.7 million was distributed to probation areas in 2007-08 to cover the costs of phases 2 and 3 of the roll-out of end-to-end offender management in those years. Phase 2, which began in November 2006, was the first phase to cross the custody/community boundary and covers high risk of harm and Prolific Offenders. Phase 3 began in January 2008 and covers offenders serving an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment for public protection.

The costs are estimated using a model developed in NOMS by staff with experience of probation processes, which has been subject of consultation with probation managers. The national figure as calculated using the model was distributed to probation areas using a well- established formula, whose main component is the population in the probation area in question. The actual sums distributed are shown in the following table.