§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many vacancies there are for the Inner London Probation Service; and if he will make a statement. [100227]
§ Hilary BennThe information requested is as follows:
London Number of vacancies1 Senior Probation Officers 30 Probation Officers 231 Probation Service Officers 187 All other staff 53 Total 501 1 Figures given as headcount numbers
§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the level of recruitment was, including those starting and leaving, for each Probation Service in England and Wales in(a) 2001–02 and (b) 2002–03. [99933]
§ Hilary BennThe information requested is as follows.
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England and Wales Number of starters and leavers1 2001–02 Starters Leavers Avon and Somerset 120 69 Bedfordshire 20 12 Cambridgeshire 69 28 Cheshire 65 53 Cumbria 25 28 Derbyshire 100 55 Devon and Cornwall 54 56 Dorset 51 25 Durham 69 31 Essex 123 32 Gloucestershire 17 30 Hampshire 96 85 Hertfordshire 51 50 Humberside 101 13 Kent 64 61 Lancashire 125 93 Leicestershire and Rutland 60 30 Lincolnshire 57 21 London 194 654 Greater Manchester 352 303 Merseyside 48 55 Norfolk 49 41 Northamptonshire 39 50 Northumbria 139 86 Nottinghamshire 28 80 Staffordshire 170 144 Suffolk 41 36 Surrey 44 74 Sussex 68 32 1078W
England and Wales Numbers of vacancies1,2 Senior probation staff Probation officers Probation service officers Trainee probation officers All other staff Avon and Somerset — 12.0 15.9 12.0 8.6 Bedfordshire — 2.0 1.0 — 0.5 Cambridgeshire — 0.5 1.4 — 4.0 Cheshire 1.0 4.0 1.6 — 2.0 Cumbria — — — — 1.0 Derbyshire 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Devon and Cornwall — 2.5 3.0 — 5.0 Dorset 1.0 3.0 0.5 — 0.5 Durham — — 5.6 — — Essex — 10.0 3.8 — 5.9 Gloucestershire — 5.0 — 1.0 1.0 Hampshire — 3.3 13.0 2.0 6.3 Hertfordshire — 4.0 1.0 — 6.0 Humberside — 4.0 2.0 — 2.0 Kent — 17.3 42.3 — 14.9 Lancashire — 8.5 4.5 2.0 7.0 Leicestershire and Rutland — 4.0 — — — Lincolnshire — 4.5 8.5 — 0.5 London 30.0 231.0 187.0 — 53.0 Greater Manchester 4.0 15.0 35.0 — 15.0 Merseyside — — 9.0 — 30.0 Norfolk — — 1.0 5.0 — Northamptonshire 3.0 6.0 5.0 — 5.6 Northumbria — 8.1 — — 1.5 Nottinghamshire — 3.0 5.0 — 4.0 Staffordshire 6.0 7.0 — — 2.0 Suffolk 3.0 6.3 4.0 — 4.5 Surrey 2.0 10.0 11.5 — 8.5 Sussex — 11.0 7.4 — 9.5 Teesside — — 3.0 — 4.0 Thames Valley 4.0 30.5 16.0 6.0 1.7 Warwickshire — 2.0 — — 4.0 West Mercia — 3.0 — — 1.0 West Midlands 5.5 24.0 17.0 — 21.0 Wiltshire — 2.0 — — 5.0 North Yorkshire — — — — 3.0 South Yorkshire — — — — 4.8
England and Wales Number of starters and leavers1 2001–02 Starters Leavers Teesside 64 44 Thames Valley 140 115 Warwickshire 13 18 West Mercia 66 84 West Midlands 175 184 Wiltshire l0 13 North Yorkshire 24 11 South Yorkshire 87 77 West Yorkshire 177 125 Dyfed-Powys 71 24 Gwent 62 20 North Wales 83 24 South Wales 76 47 Total 3,487 3,113 1 Figures not currently available for 2002–03 Note:
The level of starters over leavers across the National Probation Service during the financial year 2001–02 showed a growth rate of 2.13 per cent. against the total number of staff in post.
Source:
Figures obtained from RDS Probation Statistics.
§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many vacancies by grade there were in each Probation Service in England and Wales on 31st December 2002. [99934]
§ Hilary BennThe information requested is as follows:
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England and Wales Numbers of vacancies1,2 Senior probation staff Probation officers Probation service officers Trainee probation officers All other staff West Yorkshire 3.0 12.0 30.0 — 41.5 Dyfed-Powys — 3.8 2.0 2.0 5.5 Gwent — 8.0 — — North Wales — 3.3 6.0 — 3.3 South Wales 1.0 7.8 11.5 — 15.0 Total 63.5 482.4 450.5 30.0 305.6 1 Figures shown in wte. 2 Information collected in November 2002. Notes:
1. To date, the National Probation Directorate (NPD) nor RDS have not routinely collected information on vacancies within the National Probation Service (NPS) and consequently, the information above was collected during November 2002. These are the most recently available figures.
2. Work is currently on-going to implement a National Common Data Set for Workforce Information within the NPS, that will enable the regular collection of this information in the future.
3. Figures for London are given as number of posts, not Full-Time Equivalents.
4. This number of vacancies represents a percentage of around 8 per cent. over the total National Probation Service staffing level of 15,789 (taken from RDS Probation Statistics 2001).