HC Deb 08 February 1989 vol 146 c676W
Mr. French

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will publish in theOfficial Report in tabular form the information he has, using age bands, for each five-year period from 1965 to the most recent year for which figures are available, on the ages of individuals appointed to be senior probation officers; (2) if he will publish in the Official Report the information he has, in age bands and in tabular form, on the ages of individuals appointed to be probation officers since 1965 who were (i) under 28 years of age and (:ii) between 28 years of age and 65 years of age.

Mr. John Patten

This information is not available centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost, if it is available at all.