§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his estimate is of the additional Probation Service staff that need to be recruited in order354W to deliver the accredited programme strategy and the recommendations contained in "Making Punishments Work"; and if he will make a statement. [5214]
§ Beverley HughesWe estimate that approximately 4,500 additional probation staff will be needed by 2003–04 in order to deliver accredited programmes under the What Works initiative. We have yet to take decisions on the implementation of "Making Punishments Work", but preliminary estimates are that some 4,800 extra probation staff would be required if it were implemented in full.