HC Deb 21 February 1995 vol 255 cc154-5W
Mr. Hardy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many court reports were completed by the South Yorkshire probation service during 1992 and 1993.

1993. Mr. Bill Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many court reports were completed by the South Yorkshire probation service during(a) 1992 and (b)

1994. Mrs. Helen Jackson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many court reports were completed by the South Yorkshire probation service during(a) 1992, (b) 1993 and (c)

Mr. Nicholas Baker

South Yorkshire probation service completed 8,752 pre-sentence reports, social inquiry reports, family court reports and other reports from courts in 1992 and 7,082 such reports in 1993. The information for 1994 is not yet available.

Mr. Hardy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offenders were supervised by the South Yorkshire probation service on 30 June 1994.

Mr. Bill Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offenders were supervised by the South Yorkshire probation service on 30 June 1994.

Mrs. Helen Jackson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offenders were supervised by the South Yorkshire probation service on 30 June 1994.

Mr. Nicholas Baker

The latest available information is for December 1993, when the number of offenders supervised by South Yorkshire probation service was 5,743.

Mr. Hardy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff were employed and at what grade by the South Yorkshire probation service, on 30 June 1992, 30 June 1993 and 30 June 1994.

Mr. Bill Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff were employed and at what grade, by the South Yorkshire probation service on(a) 30 June 1992 (b) 30 June 1993 and (c) 30 June 1994.

Mrs. Helen Jackson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff were employed, and at what grade, by the South Yorkshire probation service on(a) 30 June 1992, (b) 30 June 1993 and (c) 30 June 1994.

Mr. Nicholas Baker

Information is given in the table.

Staff employed by the South Yorkshire probation service, in post at 30 June, whole-time equivalent1, by grade and type.
Number of staff, whole time equivalent
Probation Officers 30 June 1992 30 June 1993 30 June 1994
Probation Officers
Chief 1 1 1
Deputy Chief 2 2 2
Assistant Chief 6 7 7
Senior 37 40 42
Main grade 176 178 180
Total probation officers 222 228 232
Non-probation grade staff
Probation Services' Officers2 81 78 78
Clerical/secretarial 109 120 114
Administrative 34 37 40
Other non-probation grade staff, excluding hostel staff3 42 40 31
Hostel staff 64 62 46
Total non-probation grade staff 330 336 308
Total probation staff 553 565 541
1 Whole-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.
2 Formerly ancillaries
3 Figures include sessional supervisors on community service schemes, staff employed in student training units and on miscellaneous functions.

Mr. Hardy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the effect of the November 1993 Budget statement on the budget of South Yorkshire probation service.

Mr. Nicholas Baker

The 1993 Budget statement resulted in a specific grant cash limit for 1994–95 for South Yorkshire probation service of £9.6 million, 6.1 per cent. higher than for 1993–94. It was for the South Yorkshire probation service to decide how these resources are best used and to determine what specific changes within the service should be undertaken on the basis of the total expenditure limit implied by this level of grant support. The committee's report covering the current financial year will be available from the secretary in due course.