Office for Students

“We accept this recommendation. - Following the events at Fishmongers' Hall all activity with Learning Together was paused. - Ahead of any decision to restart we are designing a new framework to clearly define the roles and responsibilities of prisons and universities when they work in partnership to deliver learning where students study alongside serving prisoners or those released on licence. This will include guidance setting out the responsibility for risk assessment and the circumstances in”

“- We accept option (b) of this recommendation. - We have reviewed best practice relating to the delivery of ERGs in the community. We agree that forensic psychologists should be directly involved in every ERG assessment carried out in the community. - The optimal delivery model is one that makes best use of both forensic psychologists, who have expertise in structured professional judgement and risk assessment tools, and CT probation specialists, who have expertise in the management of”

“We accept this recommendation. - Psychologists are routinely attending MAPPA meetings to present their report where invited. - We will update the MAPPA statutory guidance by April 2022, to make it a requirement that psychologists attend MAPPA meetings - and, specifically, to require them to be invited to present their ERG assessment to the MAPPA meeting.”