§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many vacancies there are in the Inner London Probation Service; and if he will make a statement. [136863]
§ Paul GogginsThe information requested is as follows:
London Probation Area Number of Vacancies1 Vacancies as at 30 June2
(FTE)
Senior Probation Officers 4.00 Senior Practitioners 0.00 Probation Officers 0.00 Trainee Probation Officers 0.00 Probation Services Officers 160.00 Psychologists 0.50 Other operational Staff 0.00 Total Operational Staff 164.50 Deputy Chief Officers/Directors 0.00 Assistant Chief Officers or Equivalent 2.00 Area/District Managers or Equivalent 0.00 Managers—Section or Function Heads 0.00 Support Staff—Administration 0.00 Support Staff—Others 0.00 Other Specialist Workers 0.00 Total Support Staff 2.00 Total3 166.50 1 Figures shown as a Full-time Equivalent (FTE) 2 Unable to obtain information from 3 (out of 42) Areas in time to make this response. 3 Figures exclude those employed within and by the National Probation Directorate Note:
The levels of vacancies across Area amount to 5.26 per cent. of the total workforce of the service. This is slightly below the national average of vacancies across the service of 5.23 per cent.