{"value":{"id":168108,"memberId":1413,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice","uin":"HCWS64","dateMade":"2014-12-05T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":54,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Justice","title":"Transforming Rehabilitation","text":"<p>Following the announcement of Preferred Bidders on 29 October, the Ministry of Justice has taken another step towards completing the government’s probation reforms.</p><p>Following further negotiations with Preferred Bidders, I have today announced that I am awarding contracts to the successful bidders for the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs).</p><p>I have placed a copy of the list of successful bidders in the House Library and all bidders are receiving formal notification today.</p><p>After formal notification of bidders, we will enter the standstill period at the end of which we intend for contracts to be signed with new providers.</p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":3,"hasAttachments":true,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":168111,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2014-12-05T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[{"url":"https://qna.files.parliament.uk/ws-attachments/168108/original/Table of Successful Bidders - FINAL.pdf","title":"Transforming Rehabilitation - Successful Bidders","fileType":"pdf","fileSizeBytes":33399}]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/168108","method":"GET"}]}