§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff, in each grade, were 671W employed in (a) Greater London, (b) Humberside, (c) Northamptonshire, (d) West Yorkshire, (e) Merseyside, (f) South Western, (g) Kent and (h) South Wales Probation Service on 31 March; what the average caseload was in each of those services; how many staff were absent for more than four weeks in each service in the year ended 31 March; and if he will make a statement. [5213]
Numbers of staff in post at 31 December 2000 Grade Greater London Humberside Northamptonshire West Yorkshire Merseyside 2South-West Kent South Wales CPO 5 1 1 1 1 7 1 3 DCPO 4 — — 1 1 — 1 — ACPO 29 5 3 10 6 23 4 9 Area Mgr 14 — — 3 — — — — SPO 165 22 12 49 40 89 34 24 Sen pract 22 — 4 10 — 4 7 10 PO 858 119 62 277 214 413 136 144 Trainee 82 9 7 22 24 52 10 19 Reg train 3 — — 1 5 2 — 3 PSO 255 37 25 212 133 243 101 66 RIO 14 4 2 — — 9 — 10 Cler/Sec 470 46 14 119 134 162 47 82 Admin 269 31 28 85 39 168 36 16 Other 63 67 3 27 21 78 27 34 Hostels 73 19 10 35 29 69 9 24 All staff 2,325 359 172 853 646 1,318 413 443 1 Whole-time equivalent 2 Wiltshire, Avon, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Devon, Cornwall, Dorset
Caseload1 at 31 December 1999 Caseload Greater London 13,124 Humberside 1,616 Northamptonshire 754 West Yorkshire 5,022 Merseyside 3,734 South-West2 7,112 Kent 2,045 South-Wales 2,221 1 Offenders with a criminal court order supervision at 31 December 1999 2 Wiltshire, Avon, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Devon, Cornwall. Dorset