§ 34. Mr. Concannonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will abolish the A and B scales for probation officers and revert to a single pay scale.
§ Mr. CarlisleBoth sides of the joint negotiating committee for the probation service were parties to the committee's recommendation in favour of these scales and any revision of the present salary structure would be a matter for consideration by that committee in the first instance. Any further recommendations by the committee would fall to be considered in the context of the Government's programme for controlling inflation.
§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why only 78 per cent. of main grade probation officers with five years' service have been selected for B scale in inner London, when the proportion over the rest of England and Wales is 86 per cent.
§ Mr. CarlisleUnder the salary settlement reached by the joint negotiating committee for the probation service last year it was for each probation and aftercare committee to decide, in the light of the criteria and procedure for selection agreed by the joint negotiating committee, which of its officers should be selected for advancement to scale B with effect from 1st July 1972.