HC Deb 07 November 1996 vol 284 cc649-50W
Mr. Hinchliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals he has for the future of the probation and after-care service. [938]

Mr. Sackville

I refer the hon. Member to the three-year plan for the probation service 1996–99 which has been placed in the Library, and which sets out my priorities and expectations for the work of area probation services.