HC Deb 29 March 1979 vol 965 cc273-4W
20. Mr. Jessel

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to receive the report of the working party on the salaries of probation officers.

33. Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to receive the working party's report on probation officers' pay.

Dr. Summerskill

I refer the hon. Members to the reply I gave to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for Rotherham (Mr. Crowther) on Thursday 8 March.—[Vol. 963, c. 761.]

Miss Fookes

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement about the salary negotiations of probation officers.

Dr. Summerskill

The staff side's claim for an increase from 1 July 1979 was submitted at the end of last week and will first be considered at a meeting of the joint negotiating committee for the probation service on 9 April.