§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the European Excellence Model scores were for each of the probation areas, including the National Probation Service, during the recent evaluation; and if he will make a statement. [41153]
§ Beverley HughesA table containing the scores achieved by the local probation areas and by the National Directorate is set out in the table. The scores across the 42 operational areas ranged from 150 to 330 and the average was 243. The National Directorate score was 100. This was to be expected from an organisation that was only created on 1 April 2001 and is still building its capacity and introducing first time business processes. The maximum achievable score is 1,000. In order to achieve an excellence award an organisation would need to score 600–700.
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Region/area Total West Midlands Staffordshire 285 Warwickshire 270 West Mercia 275 West Midlands 290 Regional average 280 North East County Durham 180 Northumbria 200 Teeside 240 Regional average 207 East Bedfordshire 255 Cambridgeshire 320 Essex 220 Hertfordshire 205 Norfolk 205 Suffolk 290 Regional average 249 North West Cheshire 190 Cumbria 210 Greater Manchester 230 Lancashire 185 Merseyside 234 Regional average 210 East Midlands Derbyshire 302 Leicestershire 235 Lincolnshire 230 Northampton 220 Nottingham 282 Regional average 254 Yorkshire and Humberside Humberside 254 South Yorkshire 225 North Yorkshire 270 West Yorkshire 285 Regional average 259 South East Hampshire 190 Kent 225 Surrey 170 Sussex 175 Thames Valley 150 Regional average 182
Region/area Total South West Avon and Somerset 215 Devon and Cornwall 275 Dorset 294 Gloucestershire 275 Wiltshire 320 Regional average 276 London 211 Wales North Wales 285 Gwent 330 Dyfed-Powys 230 South Wales 290 Regional average 284 England and Wales average 243 National Directorate 100