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Mr. Hunter
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average caseload of a probation officer in England and Wales; and what are the comparable statistics for recent years.
Mr. John Patten
The information requested up to 1987 is published in Probation Statistics England and Wales 1987 (table 11.1). In 1988 the average caseload, excluding community service, of full time maingrade probation officers on general duties was 29·3 compared with 31·6 in 1984 and 32·1 in 1985.