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National Probation Service

First report 29 Sep 2015•Latest report 18 May 2021

Recipient record

Reports, concerns and published responses

Other public bodies · Sub-organisation. This page brings together reports naming this recipient and response statements clearly connected to concerns raised in those reports.

Reports
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Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from National Probation Service linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

  1. South Yorkshire (Eastern)

    AI-generated summary

    Todd James Salter · Prevention of Future Deaths report

    This summary was generated using AI from the published report. Please read the original report for the complete account.

    Report summary

    Todd James Salter was released from prison on licence in July 2019 and later experienced difficulties obtaining housing, drug support and mental health support. On 1 October 2019, he hanged himself outside Doncaster police station. The concerns included inadequate probation knowledge of available services, poor engagement and collaborative working between agencies and family, and the apparent progression toward criminal acts to obtain treatment and support.

    Read the report on judiciary.uk

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to National Probation Service; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of probation officer knowledge of services for obtaining necessary mental health assessments

    Wider context from the report

    “(1) The lack of knowledge of the Probation officer as to the services she could contact to obtain necessary mental health assessments. This would appear at the very least to suggest this gap in knowledge may be due to inadequate training. ”
    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to National Probation Service; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Poor engagement and collaborative working with agencies and family

    Wider context from the report

    “(3) Generally poor engagement and collaborative working with both agencies and family alike. ”
    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to National Probation Service; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to engage with appropriate mental health services

    Wider context from the report

    “(2) Mr Salter being driven to desperate measures of committing criminal acts in an effort to be arrested or recalled in order to secure treatment and support; this appeared to be the way matters were moving forward without engaging with appropriate mental health services. ”
    Open source report
  2. Manchester North

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    Michael Hoolickin · Prevention of Future Deaths report

    This summary was generated using AI from the published report. Please read the original report for the complete account.

    Report summary

    Michael Hoolickin was attacked and stabbed in an unprovoked assault on 14 October 2016 and died at Manchester Royal Infirmary on 17 October 2016. The report identifies organisational and management failures in supervising the perpetrator, including failures concerning drug testing, information sharing and provision of relevant information, which resulted in a missed opportunity to initiate recall to prison. The Inquest found that this probably contributed to Michael Hoolickin’s death, although it was not causative of the attack.

    Read the report on judiciary.uk

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to National Probation Service; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Insufficient capacity to cross-reference offender intelligence across offenders and agencies

    Wider context from the report

    “During the course of the Inquest questions were raised around the ability of the NPS to cross reference intelligence received in respect of different offenders. In addition whether there was capacity to cross reference intelligence held by other agencies such as the Youth Offending Team. ”
    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to National Probation Service; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to require ACOs to access offender records

    Wider context from the report

    “There is no expectation for an ACO to access an offenders records on the case management system in order to inform themselves or to consider whether there is any further relevant information. ”
    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to National Probation Service; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of formal information-sharing procedures for integrated teams

    Wider context from the report

    “The evidence before the Court was there are no Standard Operating procedures or formal processes in place for the sharing of information when teams are integrated. ”
    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to National Probation Service; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Poor or absent records by SPOs and ACOs

    Wider context from the report

    “The Court had serious concerns as to the poor records or complete lack of records particularly by SPOs and the ACOs. ”
    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to National Probation Service; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to undertake multi-agency reviews after high-risk offenders under multi-agency management kill someone

    Wider context from the report

    “The failure to undertake a multi-agency review in cases where a high risk offender subject to multi-agency management has gone on to take someone’s life means both organisational and individual failings are not identified and there is a missed opportunity to learn lessons in order to prevent future deaths. ”
    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to National Probation Service; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of training on accessing drug test results

    Wider context from the report

    “The Court found there was an ineffective national system in use in 2016 (N Delius) for which there had been no training on how to access Drug test results. As a result individual offices had implemented their own systems for storing drug test results. However there is no induction training, information available to staff in individual offices by way of office procedures which informs staff of local practices. ”
    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to National Probation Service; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to update OASYS risk assessments

    Wider context from the report

    “At no stage after March 2016 was the offenders OASYS risk assessment updated. Moreover the lack of formal supervision meant this was not addressed. ”
    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to National Probation Service; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Insufficient planning and preparation for service amalgamation

    Wider context from the report

    “The Court has concerns as to the planning and preparation required for the amalgamation of any new service in order to alleviate the evidenced problems which occurred as a direct result of the previous Transforming Rehabilitation programme. ”
    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to National Probation Service; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    N-Delius failing to provide timely access to current offender information

    Wider context from the report

    “Numerous witnesses gave evidence as to the difficulties in accessing this system, its design and the time it takes to access the different parts which hold pertinent information about an offender, describing this as prohibitive. For example for Offender managers trying to read through the file to obtain current information there is nowhere which would easily show the most up to date curfew or the most up to date position as to how often drug testing is being conducted. ”
    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to National Probation Service; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Inadequate agenda, minutes, attendance records and meeting records for IOM cohort meetings

    Wider context from the report

    “The evidence before the Court was that in respect of the multi-agency IOM meetings there was no formal agenda, no formal minutes, no accurate record kept of these meetings by either GMP or the NPS and no way of ascertaining who had attended these meetings. ”
    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to National Probation Service; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to accurately share information about offenders between police forces

    Wider context from the report

    “There was a complete breakdown of communication and information sharing between GMP and Lancashire Constabulary which lead to only information about one of the two offenders being passed on. More importantly there was confusion between the forces as to which offender was being discussed. ”
    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to National Probation Service; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of induction training and office procedures on local drug-testing practices

    Wider context from the report

    “The Court found there was an ineffective national system in use in 2016 (N Delius) for which there had been no training on how to access Drug test results. As a result individual offices had implemented their own systems for storing drug test results. However there is no induction training, information available to staff in individual offices by way of office procedures which informs staff of local practices. ”
    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to National Probation Service; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of clarity and specific instructions on ACO warnings

    Wider context from the report

    “The Court found there is a lack of clarity and specific instructions to the NPS on this point. ”
    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to National Probation Service; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of clear arrangements for initiating police curfew checks

    Wider context from the report

    “The Court was satisfied from the evidence that there is no clear understanding as to the initiation of curfew checks. It was clear to the Court there was confusion as to whether an offender on a curfew will automatically be subject to curfew checks carried out by the Police or whether such checks will only be conducted following a specific request by the NPS. ”
    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to National Probation Service; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to record licence conditions on the Police National Computer

    Wider context from the report

    “The Court heard that an offenders’ licence conditions are not held on the Police National Computer database. Hence if an offender is arrested by a different force they are unlikely to know whether the offender may be in breach of their licence. ”
    Open source report
  3. Milton Keynes

    AI-generated summary

    Lee Anthony Boden · Prevention of Future Deaths report

    This summary was generated using AI from the published report. Please read the original report for the complete account.

    Report summary

    Lee Anthony Boden was released from prison to an approved premises in Milton Keynes on 13 February 2015 and was found unresponsive in a bathroom later that night, where drugs and drug paraphernalia were found. He was confirmed dead at 12.10am on 14 February 2015; the stated cause of death was central respiratory depression associated with illicit heroin use. Concerns included limited advance notice of his placement, lack of forward planning, insufficient recognition of his vulnerability, the length of time before he was discovered, and an apparent absence of a protocol for monitoring vulnerable new arrivals.

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    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to National Probation Service; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Resident remaining undiscovered in bathroom for almost four hours

    Wider context from the report

    “(3) That he had been in the bathroom for almost four hours before he was discovered. ”
    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to National Probation Service; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to provide timely information about intended placement

    Wider context from the report

    “(1) That the deceased was not informed of his intended placement in Milton Keynes until the day before his release. ”
    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to National Probation Service; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Increased risk of heroin use following sudden hostel arrival

    Wider context from the report

    “(2) The sudden arrival at the hostel would have increased his risk of using heroin. ”
    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to National Probation Service; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to recognise vulnerable residents

    Wider context from the report

    “(4) Having just been released from prison and being unable to return to his home, he should have been recognised as a vulnerable resident. ”
    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to National Probation Service; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of a protocol for continuing monitoring of vulnerable new arrivals

    Wider context from the report

    “(5) There appears to be no protocol in place for continuing monitoring of new arrivals who remain vulnerable. ”
    Open source report
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Information checked against published PFD reports and official responses · Data reviewed 7 Sep 2026 · About data quality and limitations

Data last updated 7 September 2026