§ Mr. WheelerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office if he will provide the age and service profile of senior probation officers and their position on the salary scale; and what would be the cost of abolishing the first five salary incremental points.
§ Mr. John PattenThe 1,066 senior probation officers in post in April 1988 were distributed across the salary scale as follows:
Point on scale Percentage of SPOS 1 4 2 4 3 8 4 8 5 9 6 8 7 5 8 4 9 3 10 47 If all officers on points one to five were moved to point six, the cost would be £380,000 in the first year—excluding any consequential increase for officers already at or above point six. Information on the age and service profile of senior probation officers is not available centrally, and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost, if available at all.