§ 30. Mr. Hal Millerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the total expenditure from public funds on the probation service in each of the past four financial years.
§ Mr. MellorExpenditure on the probation service, including probation officers working in prison department establishments, and on the sponsorship of students intending to join the service, in each of the last financial years was as follows:
Current £000 Capital £000 1979–80 85,997 1,288 1980–81 *111,640 3,012 1981–82 *128.187 2,652 1982–83 * 144,209 *3,599 * Provisional.