HC Deb 23 April 1991 vol 189 cc373-4W
Mr. Simon Coombs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what indicators or measures of performance are applied to probation service civil work; and what results have been obtained from such assessment.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

These are the responsibility of the management of local probation areas. Consideration is, however, being given to the establishment of national measures as part of the response to HM inspectorate of probation's recently completed thematic inspection of civil work.

Mr. Simon Coombs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average weekly cost per case in the provision of family conciliation work by the probation service in England and Wales, including local and central costs, in the last year for which records are available.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

Information on the costs of conciliation work is not held centrally.

Mr. Simon Coombs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total cost to the probation service in England and Wales, including local and central costs, of family conciliation work in the last year for which records are available; and how many such cases were handled in that year by probation officers.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

Information is not available separately for the cost of conciliation work. The number of conciliation cases on which the probation service began work in 1989 was 10,510—table 9.3 of "Probation Statistics England and Wales 1989".