§ 82 and 93. Mr. Morrisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what training is given to both full-and part-time direct entrant probation officers in Glamorgan and Wales, respectively; what are the numbers and stations of part-time probation officers in Wales; and what is the average caseload a direct entrant probation officer in Glamorgan handles in the first year of his appointment;
(2) what proportion of full-time probation officers in the County of Glamorgan, and Wales, respectively, are Home Office trained; what proportion are direct entrants; and what are the numbers of direct entrants appointed 20W there in the last five, 10 and 17 years, respectively.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerThe information is not immediately available, and I shall write to the hon. Member.