§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the monthly cost to his Department caused by the National Association of Probation Officers withholding criminal statistics returns from his Department's computer; and what has been the cumulative cost since industrial action began in July.
§ Mr. MellorThe costs—both to the Home Office and the probation service itself—of not having timely information about the service's activities are not of a kind that can be expressed in money terms.