§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many persons were receiving after care by the probation and after care service in each metropolitan county area at 31 December in each year since 1974 by sex and type of contact and type of after care;
(2) how many persons were supervised by the probation and after care service in each metropolitan county area at 31 December in each year since 1974 by sex and type of supervision.
§ Mr. Mellor[pursuant to his reply, 23 November, c. 302]: Summary information from 1978 is given in the following table; corresponding information is not readily available for earlier years. To provide a more detailed breakdown, including an analysis by sex, would involve disproportionate cost.
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Area and type of supervision* 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 ¶1983 South Yorkshire Criminal supervision Court orders 2,200 2,440 2,870 3,350 3,440 3,460 Statutory after-care† 860 780 900 990 1,000 720 Voluntary after-care† 780 890 920 930 880 880 Domestic supervision‡ 310 330 370 380 400 420 Total 4,000 4,310 4,840 5,450 5,550 5,340 West Yorkshire Criminal supervision Court orders 4,060 3,880 4,790 5,250 5,180 5,160 Statutory after-care† 2,070 1,810 1,880 1,880 2,020 1,420 Voluntary after-care† 1,220 1,340 1,320 1,230 1,220 1,260 Domestic supervision‡ 840 870 870 760 800 800 Total 7,960 7,680 8,590 8,880 8,940 8,480 * Each person is counted once for each type of supervision to which they were subject. Individual figures do not add to the total because each person is counted only once in the total irrespective of the number of types of supervision to which they were subject. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10. † Pre- and post-release. ‡ Matrimonial proceedings, wardship, guardianship and Children Act 1975 supervision. ║ Shire county of Northumberland and metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear: separate figures are not available. ¶ Figures relate to 30 June and may be subject to a wider margin of error than earlier figures; figures for 31 December are not available because of industrial action by some members of the probation service.