§ Sir R. Thompsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why the inner London weighting of £144 per annum agreed with the National Association of Probation Officers is not to be paid as a flat rate to all probation officers in the inner London area but at a reduced rate of £105 per annum to officers in the London Boroughs of Lewisham, Wandsworth, Greenwich and Hammersmith.
§ Mr. CarlisleThe London addition to salary for probation officers has been based on that payable to the administrative, professional, technical and clerical staffs of local authorities. With effect from 1st May, 1971, the annual rate of London weighting allowance for the latter has been increased to £144 if their principal place of business is within eight specified Inner London boroughs and to £105 if it is elsewhere in the Metropolitan Police District. My right hon. Friend has not felt able to accept a recommendation from the Joint Negotiating Committee for the Probation Service that probation officers in all 12 Inner London boroughs should receive an addition of £144 a year from 1st May, 1971, but he has agreed to receive a deputation about this.