§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) probation officers and (b) probation service officers there are in each probation service area. [107307]
§ Hilary BennThe information requested is as follows:
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England and Wales—Numbers of staff1,2 Probation officers3 Probation service officers Avon and Somerset 138.6 108.6 Bedfordshire 66.5 20.4 Cambridgeshire 66.8 29.2 Cheshire 114.9 65.4 Cumbria 60.1 28.7 Derbyshire 128.6 67.2 Devon and Cornwall 174.6 90.5 Dorset 65.8 44.3 Durham 99.3 72.5 Essex 122.3 100.8 Gloucestershire 65.8 21.5 Hampshire 220.4 137 Hertfordshire 82.2 40.1 Humberside 155.0 61.5 Kent 169.2 127 Lancashire 257.6 135.8 Leicestershire and Rutland 129.4 89.9
England and Wales—Numbers of staff1,2 Probation officers3 Probation service officers Lincolnshire 75.0 52.9 London 1,048.9 331.4 Greater Manchester 445.5 271 Merseyside 272.0 143.7 Norfolk 88.7 61.7 Northamptonshire 69.7 37.1 Northumbria 259.3 95.5 Nottinghamshire 167.9 84.8 Staffordshire 155.7 56 Suffolk 82.1 25.5 Surrey 72.0 61.5 Sussex 132.2 49.6 Teesside 78.5 97.6 Thames Valley 218.3 117.9 Warwickshire 60.8 19.7 West Marcia 135.0 44 West Midlands 474.2 149.6 Wiltshire 56.5 24.5 North Yorkshire 86.0 34.6 South Yorkshire 212.0 125.3 West Yorkshire 373.7 232.8 Dyfed-Powys 49.5. 31.6 Gwent 73.5 37.5 North Wales 67.2 59.0 South Wales 213.1 80.8 Total 7,134.4 3.566.0 1 Figures shown in whole time equivalent 2 Figures as at 31 December 2001. Information for 2002–03 is currently being collected and is as yet unavailable. 3 Probation officers includes senior probation officers, senior practitioners, probation officers and trainee probation officers. Source:
Figures taken from RDS Probation Statistics 2001