§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) probation officers and (b) probation service officers retired, per service, in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [145699]
§ Mr. BoatengThe centrally available information is as follows:
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Probation officers retired each year Service 1996 1997 1998 1999 20001 Avon 2 2 3 4 1 Bedfordshire 3 3 1 1 — Berkshire 3 1 8 — — Cambridgeshire 2 1 5 2 2 Cheshire 6 — — — —
Probation officers retired each year Service 1996 1997 1998 1999 20001 Cornwall 3 — — 2 — Cumbria 3 2 4 2 — Derbyshire 7 3 2 1 — Devon 6 2 3 5 4 Dorset 4 — 2 1 1 Durham 1 2 1 2 — Essex 5 3 3 3 1 Gloucestershire 2 2 1 1 — Hampshire 8 4 4 — Hereford and Worcester — — 1 — — Hertfordshire 5 — 1 3 1 Humberside 4 6 5 — 2 Kent 11 2 5 3 1 Lancashire 9 5 3 4 2 Leicestershire 1 — 1 — 1 Lincolnshire 1 — 1 2 1 Greater Manchester 6 6 4 6 — Merseyside 14 4 8 4 1 Norfolk 3 2 3 2 1 Northamptonshire 2 1 2 2 — Northumbria 6 3 1 2 2 Nottinghamshire 2 — — 1 — Oxford/Buckinghamshire 5 2 5 7 2 Shropshire — — 1 2 — Somerset 2 1 — 1 — Staffordshire 5 8 5 2 3 Suffolk 2 1 5 3 — Surrey 3 — 1 1 — East Sussex 1 1 — — 1 West Sussex 1 — 1 3 — Teesside 3 1 3 — 2 Warwickshire 4 — — 2 2 West Midlands 24 5 16 9 3 Wiltshire 2 1 1 — — North Yorkshire 2 4 — 1 — South Yorkshire 5 5 3 7 3 West Yorkshire 8 1 14 10 2 Inner London 16 18 17 8 6 North East London 2 — 4 2 2 South East London 1 — 2 1 — South West London 1 1 1 — — Middlesex 12 3 3 3 — Dyfed — 1 4 4 — Gwent — — — — — North Wales 3 — 1 2 — Powys — — 3 — — South Glamorgan 1 — 7 — — Mid Glamorgan 1 — — — 2 West Glamorgan — — 1 — 1 England and Wales 223 107 170 122 50 1 January-June
§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) probation officers and (b) probation staff (i) were recruited, (ii) retired, (iii) resigned and (iv) were dismissed, in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [145701]
§ Mr. BoatengThe available information is as follows:
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Probation officers Number of staff England and Wales Recruited1 Retired 1996 277 223 1997 337 107 1998 561 170 1999 722 122
Probation officers Number of staff England and Wales Recruited1 Retired 20002 3— 50 1 Recruited 2 January-June 3 Not available Note:
Information is not collected centrally on the categories 'dismissed' or 'resigned', nor is any information available centrally on recruitment etc. for probation staff as a whole.
§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total case load undertaken by probation services was and what the average case load per probation officer was in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [145698]
§ Mr. BoatengThe information is as follows:
Case load and case load per officer Number of persons England and Wales Total case load (Thousand)1 Case load per officer2 1995 161 25.0 1996 171 27.7 1997 185 31.1 1998 204 34.4 1999 218 36.6 1 At 31 December 2 Per maingrade probation officer (whole-time equivalent of maingrade probation officers, excluding temporary and trainee, on fieldwork duties at 31 December). Excludes community service orders.
§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many full-time probation officers were in post(a) in each of the last five years and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available. [145700]
§ Mr. BoatengThe information requested is as follows:
Full-time probation officers in post at 31 December (30 June)1 England and Wales Number 19951 6,994 19961 6,817 19971 6,631 19981 6,624 19991 6,920 20002 6,772 1 Includes temporary and trainee staff. The 1995 figure includes Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire as at 30 June 1995. 2 December 3 June