HC Deb 02 July 2003 vol 408 cc326-7W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the throughput of offenders in each probation area was in the last two financial years. [121955]

Paul Goggins

The number of offenders starting Probation Service supervision in each probation area in the last two calendar years is given in the table. This information is not available on a financial year basis.

Persons starting supervision by the probation service in 2000 and 2001 by area
Number of persons
England and Wales 2000 2001
Avon and Somerset 4,018 3,654
Bedfordshire 1,605 1,627
Cambridgeshire 1,802 1,752
Cheshire 2,544 2,464
Cumbria 1,860 1,914
Derbyshire 3,223 3,150
Devon and Cornwall 3,393 3,395
Dorset 1,835 1,791
Durham 2,050 2,098
Essex 3,684 3,667
Gloucestershire 1,479 1,486
Greater Manchester 12,706 11,967
Hampshire 5,025 4,839
Hertfordshire 2,201 2,193
Humberside 3,361 3,190
Kent 5,013 4,781
Lancashire 5,007 4,850
Leicestershire 3,194 3,083
Lincolnshire 1,565 1,509
Merseyside 6,080 6,208

Persons starting supervision by the probation service in 2000 and 2001 by area
Number of persons
England and Wales 2000 2001
Norfolk 2,185 2,142
Northamptonshire 1,771 1,746
Northumbria 5,053 5,048
North Yorkshire 1,946 1,806
Nottinghamshire 4,504 4,282
South Yorkshire 6,038 5,673
Staffordshire 2,952 3,059
Suffolk 1,418 1,373
Surrey 1,684 1,706
Sussex 3,318 3,527
Teesside 2,403 2,483
Thames Valley 4,844 4,777
Warwickshire 1,235 1,258
West Mercia 2,838 2,785
West Midlands 12,346 12,806
West Yorkshire 9,682 8,607
Wiltshire 1,445 1,563
London 21,430 21,190
Dyfed-Powys 1,160 1,202
Gwent 1,909 2,143
North Wales 2,047 1,902
South Wales 4,673 4,793