About Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Probation
HM Inspectorate of Probation
6th floor
South Wing
Trafford House
Chester Road
Manchester
M32 0RS
Tel: 0161 669 1250
Fax: 0161 869 1350
HM Inspectorate of Probation is an independent Inspectorate, funded by the Ministry of Justice, and reporting directly to the Secretary of State on the effectiveness of work with adults, children and young people who have offended aimed at reducing reoffending and protecting the public.
We seek to be an independent and authoritative source of fair comment on both adult and youth offending work, and on what can be expected of that work.
We focus on work where independent inspection adds value.
Our main core methodology is to examine a representative sample of offender cases and to assess whether each aspect of work was done sufficiently well.
Among other things, we give an emphasis to assessing the effectiveness of work to keep to a minimum Risk of Harm to the public and to children.
Statement of purpose and other corporate information
What's new
Short Quality Screening of Youth Offending Work in Hartlepool (PDF 0.28mb)
Published 12 June 2013
Short Quality Screening of Youth Offending Work in Wandsworth (PDF 0.29mb)
Published 12 June 2013
HMI Probation Plan 2013-2014 (PDF 0.72Mb)
Full Joint Inspection of Youth Offending Work in Blackpool (PDF 2Mb), published 30 May 2013)
Aggregate report of the findings from HMI Probation’s Core Case Inspection programme, 2009-2012 (PDF 1Mb)
Published 17 May 2013
Bury SQS (PDF 0.22Mb)
Published: 8 May 2013
Hertfordshire SQS (PDF 0.28Mb)
Published: 8 May 2013
Milton Keynes SQS (PDF 0.19Mb)
Published: 8 May 2013
Oldham SQS (PDF 0.19Mb)
Published: 8 May 2013

