Positive signs from Drug Courts
There are positive indications that Drug Courts are helping offenders on the road to rehabilitation, a study has found.
Speaking at the Social Market Foundation Rehabilitation Revolution conference, the minister said proposals for reform set out in the Green Paper would help create a 鈥榬ehabilitation revolution鈥�.
He said plans to introduce payment by results and outcome based commissioning would be of 鈥榩rofound benefit to those receiving the services and those delivering them.鈥�
鈥業 expect that England and Wales delivering through payment by results over the next five years will become a global market leader.鈥�
The minister also urged attendees to contribute to the Green Paper consultation, which closes on 4 March 2011.
鈥榃ith your collective experience, I am sure you will have a great deal to add to the debate,鈥� he said.
鈥楽uccess in developing and implementing these reforms is very much dependent on the knowledge and expertise of professionals like yourselves,鈥� he added.
The Social Market Foundation is one of the UK鈥檚 leading think tanks, which aims to develop innovative ideas across a broad range of economic and social policy.
Crispin Blunt鈥檚 speech about rehabilitation revolution.