Probation Service, Wales

HC Deb 16 October 1995 vol 264 cc64-5W

Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were employed in the probation service in Wales in(a) l980 and (b) 1994. [36134]

Mr. Nicholas Baker

The earliest available comparable information covers 1987 and 1994 and is as follows:

Staff employed by probation services in Wales, in post at

• 31 December, whole-time equivalent¹
• 31 December 1987: 633²
• 31 December 1994: 842

Notes

¹Whole-time staff plus whole-time equivalent of part time staff. Figures rounded to the nearest whole number.

² Figure excludes non-probation grade staff employed in hostels. The 1994 total includes 36 such staff.