§ Mr. Keith BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many probation service staff were employed in the last five years; and how many staff there were in each grade for these years. [126810]
§ Paul GogginsThe information requested is as follows:
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Number of Probation Staff 1.2 London 1997 1996 1999 2000 2001 Chief Officer 54 55 53 54 42 Deputy Chief Officer 15 13 13 12 18 Assistant Chief Officer 207 203 201 213 223 Area Manager 40 45 49 49 53 Regional Training Staff 6 24 40 48 37 Senior Practitioner 73 69 85 130 143 Senior Probation Officers 1,020 989 1,023 1,065 1,106 Probation Officers 5,734 5,773 5,532 5,437 4,789 Trainee Probation Officers — 229 523 564 1,096 Probation Service Officers 1.919 2,027 2,502 2,869 3,566 All Other Staff 4,900 4,585 4,650 4,798 4,716 Total 13,968 14,012 14,671 15,239 15,789 1Figures given as full-time equivalents.
2 Figures as at 31 December 2001, the figures for 2002–03 are currently being processed and analysed and will be available in due course.
Note:
Figures obtained from data collected for RDS Probation Statistics 2001.