§ 17. Mr. Tiffanyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is now prepared to met a deputation from the National Association of Probation Officers as requested by that Association on 30th December, 1948.
§ Mr. EdeOn 30th December the Association asked an officer of my Department to receive a deputation to discuss their proposals for a new salary scale for probation officers. I was then considering the desirability of having a negotiating body to advise me on probation officers' salaries and on 28th February the Association were informed that they would be invited to discuss arrangements for this. At the same time they were told that their proposals for a new salary scale would be for consideration by the new body.
§ 18. Mr. Tiffanyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when will the new Rules of the Criminal Justice Act, 1948, dealing with probation officers, come into operation.
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§ Mr. EdeI hope that it will be possible to bring the new probation rules into operation on 1st August.
§ 19. Mr. Tiffanyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many probation officers have left the service since the passing of the Children Act, 1948; and how many of those leaving have been employed as children's officers under that Act.
§ Mr. EdeTwenty full-time probation officers have resigned since the Children Act came into operation on 5th July, 1948. Nine of these did so in order to take up appointments as children's officers. In addition one probation officer was appointed a children's officer before the Act was passed.