Guidance
Probation instructions (PIs)
Policy and guidance for prison and probation professionals in England and Wales.
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Policy and guidance for prison and probation professionals in England and Wales.
This page lists all current probation instructions (PIs). From 2019, all new prison and probation operational policies are published as policy frameworks.
If the PI you want is not listed here, check the PI index. This document lists every PI issued and includes details of those which have been cancelled, updated or replaced by a policy framework. The index also includes the most up-to-date contact details for the owner of each PI.
A PI remains in force until it is formally cancelled, even if the document has passed its expiry date.
Some PIs are not published here because they are restricted or sensitive. HR and other staff-related PIs are not published here but are available on your departmental intranet.
If you have any questions about the contents on this page or would like an electronic copy of a cancelled policy, please email ops3@justice.gov.uk.
| Number | Title |
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| 04/2019 | Unpaid work |
| 04/2019 | Annex A: Community payback practice guidance (PDF) |
| 04/2019 | Annex B: Guidance on resolving unpaid work requirements and extensions (PDF) |
| 02/2019 | Health and safety arrangements for workplace inspections (PDF) |
| 01/2019 | Information sharing and the effective managment of electronic monitoring |
| Number | Title |
|---|---|
| 06/2018 | Referring serious further offences for review |
| 03/2018 | Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (PDF) |
| 02/2018 | Records information management policy |
| Number | Title |
|---|---|
| 17/2016 | Public protection manual |
| 15/2016 | Information sharing agreements |
| 14/2016 | Sharing sensitive information with the Parole Board |
| 13/2016 | Health and safety arrangements for manual handling operations (MS Word) |
| 12/2016 | Consulting on health, safety and fire issues |
| 11/2016 | Health and safety arrangements for fire safety in probation premises (MS Word) |
| 10/2016 | Supervised Individual Childcare |
| 08/2016 | Information risk management |
| 07/2016 | Arranging unpaid work as part of an enforcement order |
| 06/2016 | Adult social care |
| 04/2016 | Determining pre-sentence reports |
| 02/2016 | Offender travel |
| Number | Title |
|---|---|
| 25/2015 | Health and safety performance monitoring (PDF) |
| 13/2015 | Health and safety arrangements |
| 12/2015 | Management of violence and agression in the workplace (PDF) |
| 08/2015 | Managing indeterminate sentenced offenders on licence (PDF) |
| 06/2015 | Early days in custody |
| 05/2015 | Implementation of the support delivery of the alcohol treatment requirement specification (PDF) |
| 04/2015 | Implementation of the support delivery of the drug rehabilitation requirement specification (PDF) |
| 03/2015 | Managing health and safety |
| 02/2015 | Reconsideration of central vetting decisions by exception |
| 01/2015 | Prisoner rehabilitation services |
| Number | Title |
|---|---|
| 63/2014 | Mother and baby units |
| 62/2014 | Crown copyright and licences (MS Word) |
| 60/2014 | Exclusion of personnel on the grounds of misconduct |
| 59/2014 | Management of offender records (MS Word) |
| 58/2014 | Setting rehabilitation activity requirements |
| 55/2014 | Using offenders as mentors in the community and in custody |
| 51/2014 | Handling complaints |
| 30/2014 | Drug appointments and testing for licence conditions and post-sentence supervision (MS Word) |
| 25/2014 | Prison service performance hub data quality policy (MS Word) |
| 23/2014 | Security vetting: additional risk criteria for ex-offenders |
| 20/2014 | Implementation of the Armed Forces Act 2006 |
| 19/2014 | IT Security Policy |
| 17/2014 | Research applications |
| 16/2014 | Data gateway service: approval of data collections (MS Word) |
| 13/2014 | Sentence planning |
| 05/2014 | Case allocation |
| 04/2014 | Government secure classification policy |
| 03/2014 | Security vetting |
| 02/2014 | Checking the barred status of prisoners |
| Number | Title |
|---|---|
| 01/2013 | First move skills screening tool (MS Word) |
| Number | Title |
|---|---|
| 17/2012 | Service specification for unpaid work (MS Word) |
| 14/2012 | The instruction system: the approval and implementation of policy and instructions (MS Word) |
| 09/2012 | Implementation of the deliver supervision on licence specification (MS Word) |
| 08/2012 | Implementation of the service specification for “Manage the sentence: pre and post-release from custody” (MS Word) |
| 04/2012 | Implementation of the service specification for bail services (MS Word) |
| 01/2012 | Implementation of the deliver accredited programmes specification (MS Word) |
| Number | Title |
|---|---|
| 08/2010 | Offender management feedback questionnaire (MS Word) |
| 08/2010 | Questionnaire leaflet (PDF) |
| 07/2010 | Probation qualifications framework (PDF) |
| 05/2010 | Statutory changes to community safety partnerships (PDF) |
| 04/2010 | Community compacts (MS Word) |
| 01/2010 | Licences for music in probation areas and trusts (MS Word) |
Some older prison service instructions have been archived by The National Archives and are made available here through the UK Government Web Archive.
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