T0125 National Probation Service (NPS) Community Payback on Highways England SRN

On 31st March 2021 a request was received from the Department for Transport (DfT) asking how Highways England could provide long term opportunities for MoJ NPS to enable probationers to carry our community payback activities on or around our network. On 22nd April 2021 a meeting was held with DfT and MoJ where it was confirmed that the Highways England executive is keen to support the MoJ's initiative. However, it was made it clear that risk mitigation requirements to support this will be complex and Highways England must ensure that any solution meets and maintains company Health and Safety (H&S) requirements.