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