§ Mr. Dellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will give, for probation and after-care committees in the inner London area and outer London area separately, the number of main grade posts now vacant, the number occupied and the number intended by him to be in post by the end of 1975.
§ Mr. CarlisleThe information is as follows:
Main Grade Probation Officer Posts Position at 20th February 1973 Estimated establishment by the end of 1975 Probation and After-Care Area Posts vacant Posts occupied Inner London … 43 282 425 North East London … 12 73 110 South East London … 4 40 50 South West London … 4 26 34 Middlesex … 33 111 172 The establishment of main grade probation officers is determined by the individual probation and after-care committees, not by the Secretary of State. The committees concerned have asked that the estimates which they have given of the numbers required by the end of 1975 should be regarded as tentative.