§ Mr. Bodyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what statutory duties have been added to the work of the Probation Service in England and Wales since the last departmental inquiry into the work of the Probation Service.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerSince the Departmental Committee on the Social Services in Courts of Summary Jurisdiction reported in 1936, the additional statutory duties shown below have been assigned to probation officers. All these duties, except that last mentioned, were already being performed by probation officers to a greater or lesser extent before 1936.
Summary Procedure (Domestic Proceedings) Act, 1937
Conciliation in domestic proceedings and investigation of the means of parties in domestic and bastardy cases.
- 1. After-care of persons released from prisons, Borstal institutions, approved schools and detention centres.
- 2. The duty of inquiry into the circumstances of persons before the Courts was somewhat extended.
Matrimonial Proceedings (Children) Act, 1958
Supervision of children of divorced parents, as ordered by the Court.