A threshold, indicating the minimum number of penalty performance points a contractor can incur before they have to begin paying performance deductions from the annual payment. | |
The process of comparing the method, time or cost of an operation, service or product against those of other organisations, preferably thought to be the best in the field. | |
Board of Visitors - An independent monitoring board for each prison. | |
That category of prisoner posing the highest security risk. There are also Category B, C and D prisoners. | |
A Permanent Secretary in the Home Office with responsibility for Prisons and Probation in England and Wales. | |
A public sector employee based in the PFI prison who monitors the performance of the prison against contract. | |
Central Procurement Unit within the Prison Service. From March 2003 the Section dealing with the contracted prisons, the Office of Contracts and Competitions, reports to the Commissioner for Correctional Services. | |
Served on the Contractor notifying them of a contractual failure which, if it continues or recurs persistently, may result in the termination of the contract. | |
A private contractor. | |
Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons, independent of the Prison Service. | |
For 15-18 year olds sentenced by the courts. | |
Key Performance Indicator - measures whether the Prison Service is meeting its objectives. | |
Key Performance Target - measures a prison's performance against planned activities. | |
A prison whose primary aim is to serve the local courts. | |
The re-tendering on the market of services to test the value for money of that service. | |
Offending Behaviour Programme - a course which seeks to change a prisoner's erratic or aggressive thinking behaviour. | |
Prison Custody Officer (working in privately managed prisons). | |
Prison Officers Association. A trade union for public sector prison officers. | |
A policy introduced by the Government in 1992 to harness private sector management and expertise in the delivery of public services, while reducing the impact of public borrowing. | |
Points for failing to reach an agreed standard as stipulated in the contract. | |
A private prison contractor. | |
A PFI contract to update HM Prison Service's IT infrastructure. | |
A private prison contractor. | |
Under Section 88 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991, the Secretary of State can appoint a public sector Governor to run the prison. | |
(SLA) An agreement with a public sector prison which operates in a similar way to a contract with a private contractor. | |
A Prison Service team which monitors a prison against the 61 Prison Service Standards. | |
Advanced control and restraint training schemes. | |
A prison whose primary aim is to provide a long term regime for sentenced prisoners. | |
UK Detention Services (a private contractor). | |
A management information tool which uses a weighting of key performance results in order to allow one prisons performance to be compared with another. | |
Youth Justice Board - an executive non-departmental government body. | |
Young Offender Institution for 18-21 year olds. |