The re-think on public service reform away from privatisation has brought innovation back to the agenda. Ministers now have evidence that innovation is a viable alternative.

The Bedfordshire Total Place partnership is taking forward initiatives that evolved from work done in pilot projects in 2009/10 that showed eliminating duplication of effort could improve services and cut costs. The Total Place pilot showed that two per cent of persistent offenders are responsible for almost a third of crime committed in the county and the average cost of dealing with these offenders is around £500,000 each per year. An integrated offender management model is being launched in the summer and it will bring together representatives from all justice organisations on one site.

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