§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the Performance Inspection Probation report for the West Midlands Region. [110589]
§ Mr. BoatengI have considered the reports by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Probation on the five services in the West Midlands region resulting from inspections carried out early in 1999 under his Performance Inspection Programme of probation services in England and Wales.
The Chief Inspector considers that two services, Hereford and Worcester and Warwickshire, are generally performing satisfactorily; that Staffordshire, while not performing satisfactorily in all respects, has features which contain good practice; and that Shropshire and West Midlands services are underachieving.
Pilot area/order Reparation order Parenting order Action plan order Westminster 20 2 27 Kensington and Chelsea 21 0 30 Hammersmith and Fulham 23 3 53 Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton and the Isle of Wight 637 28 401 Wolverhampton 147 19 127 Sheffield 236 9 84 Lewisham 1— 13 1— Devon 1— 12 1— Bedfordshire 1— 31 1— Luton 1— 12 1— St. Helens 1— 23 1— Sunderland 1— 90 1— Blackburn 26 1— 1— Total 1,110 242 722 1 The provision is not being piloted in this area In addition, two child safety orders have been made, both in the Sunderland pilot area.