Training (Hansard, 13 June 2003)

§ Paul Goggins

The information requested is as follows:

The total number of trainee probation officers currently stands at 1,470, which is based on Cohort intakes four and five, currently in training. The planned capacity for Cohort six starting this year is 1,100.

The training establishment is 72, posted within nine separate regional training consortia across England and Wales. They are responsible for the recruitment and the delivery of the Diploma in Probation Studies.

Figures for the number of full-time equivalent posts vacant within consortia are not available at present, but the number would be insignificant.

The training budgets for each probation area is shown in the table. This shows the budgets for the total training programme (Cohorts 4–6).

	£000
South East
Hampshire	1,549.0
Kent	1,275.0
Surrey	673.0
Sussex	910.0
Thames Valley	1,204.0
Total	5,611.0

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	£000
East Of England
Bedfordshire	528.0
Cambridgeshire	537.0
Essex	1,304.0
Hertfordshire	989.0
Norfolk	596.0
Suffolk	679.0
Total	4,633.0
South West
Avon and Somerset	1,178.0
Devon and Cornwall	1,121.0
Dorset	462.0
Gloucestershire	403.0
Wiltshire	443.0
Total	3,607.0
West Midlands
West Mercia	1,174.0
West Midlands	3,865.0
Staffordshire	998.0
Warwickshire	467.0
Total	6,504.0
East Midlands
Derbyshire	957.0
Lincolnshire	649.0
Nottinghamshire	1,273.0
Leicestershire	1,137.0
Northamptonshire	630.0
Total	4,646.0
North East
Durham	732.0
Northumbria	2,042.0
Teeside	912.0
Total	3,686.0
North West
Cumbria	568.0
Lancashire	1,929.0
Cheshire	1,053.0
Greater Manchester	3,023.0
Merseyside	2,131.0
Total	8,704.0
Yorkshire and Humberside
West Yorkshire	2,896.0
Humberside	1,175.0
North Yorkshire	738.0
South Yorkshire	1,821.0
Total	6,630.0
Wales
Dyfed-Powys	408.0
Gwent	607.0
North Wales	814.0
South Wales	2,013.0
Total	3,842.0
London
Greater London	9,380.0
Grand Total	57,243.0