HC Deb 22 June 1995 vol 262 cc402-4W
Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 6 June,Official Report, column 125, if he will list the organisations that have responded to the consultative proposals concerning probation officer recruitment and training. [29486]

Mr. Nicholas Baker

The Home Office has received comments from a wide variety of sources including individuals or groups of individuals in organisations and professional bodies. Some of these have written in a personal capacity and it would not be appropriate to disclose details. Responses have been received from the following organisations, probation services and universities.

Organisations

  • Central Probation Council
  • Association of Chief Officers of Probation
  • Probation Managers Association
  • National Association of Probation Officers
  • Association of Black Probation Officers
  • National Association of Asian Probation Staff
  • Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom
  • Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work (CCETSW)
  • Joint University Council Social Work Education Committee
  • Standing Conference of Tutors of Probation Qualifying Courses
  • Association of University Teachers
  • The Magistrate's Association
  • Association of County Councils
  • British Society of Criminology
  • The Association of Family Court Welfare Officers
  • Commission for Racial Equality
  • Portman and Tavistock NHS Trust
  • Voluntary Sector Consultative Group

Probation services

  • Bedfordshire
  • Berkshire
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Cambridgeshire
  • Cheshire
  • Cleveland
  • Cornwall
  • 403
  • Cumbria
  • Derbyshire
  • Devon
  • Dorset
  • Durham
  • Essex
  • Gloucestershire
  • Hampshire
  • Hereford and Worcestershire
  • Hertfordshire
  • Humberside
  • Kent
  • Lancashire
  • Leicestershire
  • Lincolnshire
  • Inner London
  • North East London
  • South East London
  • South West London
  • Manchester
  • Merseyside
  • Norfolk
  • Northampton
  • Northumbria
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Oxfordshire
  • Shropshire
  • Staffordshire
  • Suffolk
  • Surrey
  • East Sussex
  • West Sussex
  • Warwickshire
  • West Midlands
  • Wiltshire
  • North Yorkshire
  • South Yorkshire
  • West Yorkshire
  • North Wales
  • Dyfed
  • Powys
  • Gwent
  • Mid Glamorgan
  • South Glamorgan
  • West Glamorgan

Universities

  • Bangor University College of North Wales
  • Bath University
  • Birmingham University
  • Bristol University
  • Croydon College
  • Durham University
  • East Anglia University
  • Exeter University
  • Huddersfield University
  • 404
  • Hull University
  • Keele University
  • Leicester—De Montfort University
  • Liverpool University
  • Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Manchester University
  • Mid Kent College of Higher Education
  • Middlesex University
  • Northumbria University at Newcastle
  • Nottingham Trent University
  • Nottingham University
  • Oxford University
  • Sheffield University
  • Sheffield Hallam University
  • Southampton University
  • Sussex University
  • Swansea University College

Mrs. Golding

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many responses were received to the consultation document on the recruitment and training of probation officers; and how many of these supported the Government's proposals as set out in the consultation paper. [28113]

Mr. Baker

A total of 493 responses had been received by the end of the consultation period on 26 May 1995, of which 11 supported those proposals in full. My right hon. and learned Friend will be carefully considering all responses received and will announce his conclusions in due course.