HC Deb 15 October 2003 vol 411 c261W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons(a) are employed and (b) act as consultants for the National Probation Directorate. [131165]

Paul Goggins

The information requested is as follows:

Collected Staff in Post figures indicate that as of August 2003 there were 430 staff in post within the National Probation Directorate.

Year Total managed

expenditure (TME)

£ billion

 Money GDP

£ billion

 UK public spend on

police functions

£ billion

 Spend on police as a

proportion of TME

Percentage

 Spend on police as a

proportion of money GDP

Percentage
1998–99 333.3 868.6 8.9 2.7 1.0
1999–2000 343.6 918.2 9.2 2.7 1.0
2000–01 366.8 962.6 9.7 2.6 1.0
2001–02 389.6 1,005.0 11.2 2.9 1.1
2002–03 421.0 1,056.2 112.1 2.9 1.1
2003–04 455.7 1,108.4 n/a n/a n/a
1 Estimated outturn

Sources:

Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2003 and Treasury.