§ Mr. JOHNasked the Home Secretary which petty sessional divisions in the Glamorgan combined probation area have appointed women probation officers; and which divisions have not appointed women probation officers?
§ Mr. SHORTIn a combined area the petty sessional divisions do not appoint probation officers. The officers are appointed by the probation committee for the combined area and allocated by the committee to courts within the area. According to the latest returns made to the Home Office the following petty sessional divisions in the Glamorgan combined probation area are provided with the services of women probation officers: Caerphilly Higher, Caerphilly Lower, Dinas Powis, Gower, Kibber, Miskin Lower, Pontardawe and Swansea; and the following petty sessional divisions are not so provided: Aberavon, Cowbridge, Miskin Higher, Neath, Newcastle and Ogmore, Port Talbot Borough and Neath Borough.