Our election scrutineers CIVICA have now provided the result of the indicative ballot that has been taking place between 4th to the 27th February 2026.
With a hugely impressive turnout of 83.46% of voting members, 88.97% voted to reject the above offer with 11.03% voting to accept.
The Probation Negotiating Committee is meeting this afternoon to determine our next steps, including moving as quickly as possible to ballot on industrial action.
We will also be formally writing to the employer to notify them of the result, which we believe sends a strong signal about the anger and disappointment among our members in response to the current pay offer, and the manner it has been presented to the workforce by HMPPS. In our view the employer and Government must now urgently produce a significantly improved pay offer that properly demonstrates the value of Probation staff to the criminal justice system and our communities.
The outcome of the ballots being held by UNISON and GMB/SCOOP will be known next week.
We will issue more news to members, including on the outcome of Napo's Probation Negotiating Committee meeting later today, as soon as possible next week.
Finally, we want to thank all responsible for delivering this ballot result, both Napo members and staff. The importance of this result should not be underestimated, and it would not have been possible without our collective efforts.