§ Miss Quennellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the recruitment figures for the Probation and After-Care Service for the past three years; what were the losses to the service after that period; and how the net figure compares with the establishment required for the service's expansion.
§ Mr. CarlisleReturns furnished by probation authorities show that there were 3,658 whole-time officers in post at 47W 30th September, 1971. Present plans envisage that about 3,900 whole-time officers will be needed by the end of 1972. The following table gives figures for the appointment and wastage of established officers since 1968:
Year Appointments Wastage Net increase 1968 396 181 215 1969 443* 231 212 1970 430 250 180 1971 (to 30th September) 409 177 232 Totals 1,678 839 839 * Including 24 women in post when social workers in detention centres, remand centres and borstal allocation centres were assimilated into the Probation and After-Care Service.
§ Miss Quennellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average case-load of probation officers now, compared with case-loads over the past three years, to the nearest convenient date.
§ 1968 Mr. CarlisleThe average case-load of whole-time probation officers—excluding prison welfare and supervisory officers—at 31st December, 1969—the latest date for which figures are available—was: men officers, 52.2; women officers, 42.7. Corresponding figures at 31st December, 1966, 1967 and 1968 were:
- men officers, 56.3;
- women officers, 42.2.
- men officers, 56.3;
- women officers, 42.2.
- men officers, 52.7;
- women officers, 42.5