Mr. C. WILSONasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department how many benches of justices have and how many have not appointed probation officers; and whether any annual report on the working of the probation system is or can be published?
Mr. DAVIESThe latest return shows that out of 1,029 Petty Sessional Divisions in England and Wales, about 180 have no probation officers. A Report on the working of the probation system was published last April as Part III. of the Report of the Children's Branch of the Home Office.