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Probation: Manpower

Volume 461: debated on Wednesday 20 June 2007

To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many trainee probation officers are expected to qualify in 2007-08, broken down by probation area; and how many in each area she expects will subsequently be offered a contract of employment. (140422)

The numbers of trainee probation officers due to qualify in 2007-08 are contained in the following table. The trainees will graduate at the end of September so it is too early to know precisely how many vacancies there will be at that stage. It is already clear, however, that a significant number of graduates will not be offered contracts of employment with their training probation areas. Every effort will be made to re-deploy displaced graduates across the country because some employers are likely to have excess vacancies, but it is clear that not all graduates will be placed upon graduation.

Trainees due to qualify in September 2007-08

Probation area

Avon & Somerset

14

Devon & Cornwall

18

Dorset

4

Gloucestershire

4

Wiltshire

6

Bedfordshire

6

Cambridgeshire

4

Essex

16

Hertfordshire

9

Norfolk

7

Suffolk

5

Cheshire

6

Cumbria

5

Lancashire

0

Greater Manchester

30

Merseyside

9

Derbyshire

5

Leicestershire

5

Lincolnshire

8

Northamptonshire

7

Nottinghamshire

4

Durham

9

Teesside

14

Northumbria

0

Hampshire

13

Kent

16

Surrey

4

Sussex

16

Thames Valley

18

Humberside

5

North Yorkshire

0

South Yorkshire

8

West Yorkshire

14

Staffordshire

4

Warwickshire

3

West Mercia

0

West Midlands

25

London

95

London Cohort 7 (A&B)

21

Dyfed-Powys

8

Gwent

14

North Wales

9

South Wales

20

Total

488

Regions

South West

46

Eastern

47

North West

50

East Midlands

29

North East

23

South East

67

Yorks & Humber

27

West Midlands

32

London

116

Wales

51

Total

488