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Mr. Barry Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were employed in the probation service in Wales in (a) l980 and (b) 1994. [36134]
Mr. Nicholas Baker
The earliest available comparable information covers 1987 and 1994 and is as follows:Staff employed by probation services in Wales, in post at
- 31 December, whole-time equivalent1
- 31 December 1987: 6332
- 31 December 1994: 842
Notes
1 Whole-time staff plus whole-time equivalent of part time staff. Figures rounded to the nearest whole number.
2 Figure excludes non-probation grade staff employed in hostels. The 1994 total includes 36 such staff.