§ Mr. LivingstoneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what changes are to be made in the Middlesex probation service following the 1994 Budget statement.
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerThe 1994 Budget Statement will result in a specific grant cash limit for 1995–96 for the Middlesex probation service of £12.9 million plus a further £0.6 million to support probation service partnerships with the independent sector previously funded separately by the Home Office. It will be for the Middlesex probation committee to decide what specific changes within the service should be undertaken on the basis of the total expenditure limit implied by this level of grant support.
§ Mr. LivingstoneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff were employed and at what grade by the Middlesex probation service, on 30 June 1992, 30 June 1993 and 30 June 1994.
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§ Mr. Nicholas BakerInformation is given in the table:
Staff employed by the Middlesex probation service, in post at 30 June, whole-time equivalent1, by grade and type. Number of staff, whole time equivalent 30 June 1992 30 June 1993 30 June 1994 Probation Officers Chief 1 1 1 Deputy Chief 2 2 2 Assistant Chef 7 8 8 Senior 42 41 41 Main grade 202 212 214 Total probation officers 254 264 266 Non-probation grade staff Probation Services' Officers2 54 53 57 Clerical/secretarial 127 138 137 Administrative 38 45 46 Other non-probation grade staff, excluding hostel staff3 30 24 25 Hostel staff 13 15 15 Total non-probation grade staff 262 276 279 Total probation staff 516 540 545 1Whole-time staff plus whole-time equivalent of part time staff. Figures rounded to the nearest whole number. Components and totals are rounded independently and so components may not add precisely to totals. 2Formerly ancillaries. 3Figures include sessional supervisors on community service schemes, staff employed in student training units and on miscellaneous functions.
§ Mr. LivingstoneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many court reports were compiled by Middlesex probation service during 1992 and 1993.
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerMiddlesex probation service completed 8,382 pre-sentence reports, social inquiry reports, family court reports and other reports for courts in 1992 and 8,607 reports in 1993.
§ Mr. LivingstoneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offenders were supervised by Middlesex probation service on 30 June 1994.
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerThe latest available information is for December 1993, when the number of offenders supervised by Middlesex probation service was 5,227. This is on the basis of the information published annually in probation statistics—table 12.1 of the 1993 issue—and excludes offenders on community service orders.
§ Mr. LivingstoneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what changes were made in respect of the Middlesex probation service following the November 1993 Budget statement.
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerThe 1993 Budget statement resulted in a specific grant cash limit for 1994–95 for the Middlesex probation service of £13.1 million, 6.8 per cent. higher than for 1993–94. It was for the Middlesex probation committee to decide what specific changes within the service should be undertaken on the basis of this level of grant support. The committee's report covering the current financial year will be available from the secretary in due course.
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