The resource budget allocations to probation boards from 2001-02 are given in the table. Prior to 2001-02, probation services were delivered through local Probation Committees which were partly funded by local authorities and were organised on a slightly different basis.
During the six year period from 2001-02 there have been changes to the budget allocation methodology and to accounting treatment, which will affect the comparability of the figures.
Revenue (£000) Boards 2006-07 2005-06 2004-05 2003-04 2002-03 2001-02 Avon and Somerset 19,771 18,273 16,851 15,612 14,891 15,856 Bedfordshire 8,499 8,180 7,182 6,517 6,196 5,526 Cambridgeshire 9,273 8,895 7,375 6,835 6,168 6,365 Cheshire 15,688 15,393 13,427 11,692 10,012 8,984 Cumbria 7,897 7,466 6,241 6,279 5,710 5,288 Derbyshire 12,891 12,166 11,088 10,335 9,516 8,534 Devon and Cornwall 19,638 18,184 15,646 15,667 13,967 12,740 Dorset 8,277 7,989 7,338 7,307 6,876 5,761 Durham 10,245 9,513 8,697 7,820 7,431 5,975 Essex 18,922 17,839 16,220 14,849 14,502 13,700 Gloucestershire 6,959 6,524 5,975 5,874 5,102 4,943 Hampshire 23,057 21,872 20,026 18,427 18,079 13,841 Hertfordshire 10,569 9,618 8,691 8,409 8,654 7,034 Humberside 16,130 14,964 13,010 12,422 11,090 9,414 Kent 20,340 19,052 16,760 16,322 15,116 13,673 Lancashire 21,394 20,251 18,837 18,600 16,859 14,307 Leicestershire 13,805 13,071 11,778 11,086 9,911 8,774 Lincolnshire 9,038 8,446 7,469 7,134 6,127 5,606 Norfolk 10,608 10,205 8,477 7,927 7,171 6,543 Northamptonshire 8,816 8,149 7,158 6,920 6,018 5,131 North Yorkshire 9,478 8,998 7,937 7,486 6,877 5,701 Nottinghamshire 18,117 17,190 14,861 14,232 13,220 11,658 Staffordshire 15,913 14,361 12,319 11,769 10,930 9,586 Suffolk 9,445 8,771 7,583 7,361 6,889 6,268 Surrey 10,081 9,421 7,779 7,784 7,523 6,881 Sussex 16,991 15,677 14,033 12,789 11,367 10,396 Teeside 13,052 12,178 10,954 10,613 9,523 9,805 Thames Valley 24,373 23,421 20,795 19,787 18,463 20,831 Warwickshire 6,743 6,492 5,698 5,452 4,749 4,368 West Mercia 13,642 13,197 11,774 11,188 10,057 9,251 Wiltshire 7,720 7,224 5,964 5,510 4,874 4,606 Greater Manchester 47,532 45,645 40,985 38,521 34,479 31,731 Merseyside 28,820 28,643 25,798 24,621 22,410 23,062 Northumbria 26,964 26,005 22,999 22,113 18,459 16,641 South Yorkshire 24,058 23,041 20,858 20,381 18,191 16,153 West Midlands 53,377 50,140 44,076 41,932 38,581 37,865 West Yorkshire 38,193 36,226 33,366 30,986 28,062 26,931 London 137,416 132,637 107,888 110,390 106,612 94,328 Dyfed-Powys 8,058 7,541 6,478 5,784 5,162 4,579 Gwent 10,930 10,018 8,938 8,029 7,197 5,215 North Wales 11,696 11,027 10,067 9,044 8,223 6,774 South Wales 24,402 23,098 20,917 19,328 18,104 17,062 Total 828,817 786,995 690,312 661,130 609,348 557,686 Note: The 2002-03 figures for Warwickshire and North Yorkshire are estimated.