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Probation: Manpower

Volume 463: debated on Monday 23 July 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) members of staff and (b) probation officers were employed by each local probation service in each of the last 10 years. (150790)

Information is not available for the full period requested. Data collected prior to 1 April 2003 are unreliable, and are not directly comparable with the more accurate figures collected since that time. The figures presented in the following table show full time equivalent (FTE) figures for the period 2003-2006. The figures for each year are as at 31 December.

Staff in post in the NFS by area 2003-06

Area

PO

NPS

PO

NPS

PO

NPS

PO

NPS

Avon and Somerset

112.90

499.13

153.70

493.79

166.20

525.00

185.30

527.60

Bedfordshire

61.10

189.02

61.00

182.05

65.30

192.30

64.40

203.80

Cambridgeshire

85.35

225.32

78.27

223.12

79.30

242.18

83.40

251.03

Cheshire

112.30

354.69

113.90

345.00

124.30

375.04

128.95

377.53

Cumbria

59.90

173.69

57.50

171.84

63.30

189.06

70.30

197.35

Derbyshire

106.70

337.90

109.20

345.60

119.50

364.00

120.30

348.00

Devon and Cornwall

149.35

465.12

149.10

447.90

165.40

492.00

163.02

510.17

Dorset

68.00

200.50

66.79

212.09

75.60

225.87

72.03

222.76

Durham

86.50

261.80

96.70

290.47

99.50

297.10

101.90

297.61

Dyfed Powys

46.30

144.10

49.10

148.18

55.70

165.86

48.80

193.44

Essex

111.20

393.10

120.11

432.60

120.80

475.80

122.60

473.80

Gloucestershire

56.40

170.23

59.69

177.44

59.80

183.70

52.78

192.18

Gwent

68.10

236.10

67.30

235.50

65.30

256.60

92.10

280.10

Hampshire

173.59

515.74

190.40

518.50

197.40

582.60

187.20

601.70

Hertfordshire

65.90

212.70

71.70

220.30

73.20

228.20

62.40

246.86

Humberside

139.78

433.56

147.91

446.72

161.80

477.56

167.25

467.24

Kent

148.55

454.85

146.20

456.97

154.10

475.37

153.27

504.85

Lancashire

243.60

594.80

253.20

600.70

253.70

577.40

255.80

564.00

Leicestershire

125.00

393.30

138.20

442.00

153.20

466.80

154.00

477.80

Lincolnshire

61.60

230.95

63.60

228.06

67.10

228.91

71 03

252.84

London

840.50

2,510.00

835.41

2,398.30

821.40

2,557.54

830.17

2,856.73

Greater Manchester

399.80

1,204.20

404.40

1,305.27

385.80

1,340.16

455.79

1,409.83

Merseyside

241.50

723.10

268.43

776.18

281.20

783.03

267.95

753.13

Norfolk

76.88

239.72

79.85

238.27

86.40

283.67

78.35

303.33

North Yorkshire

75.80

208.00

88.60

228.40

89.60

222.55

86.50

229.99

North Wales

67.10

230.30

84.20

237.30

87.30

243.30

90.10

256.80

Northamptonshire

65.00

235.90

66.63

211.86

68.30

230.49

87.10

263.13

Northumbria

252.26

665,56

267.95

674.88

283.30

670.11

277.95

660.67

Nottinghamshire

171.50

488.70

166.11

492.12

168.20

545.20

177.00

570.70

South Wales

157.60

530.28

195.90

561.10

215.10

618.30

200.10

620.63

South Yorkshire

203.00

641.40

212.70

654.00

226.80

662.70

221.40

643.42

Staffordshire

147.10

390.80

152.30

415.30

160.60

421.40

163.30

418.70

Suffolk

81.75

209.36

83.00

207.56

86.10

222.70

86.04

236.10

Surrey

63.90

232.80

68.30

245.18

70.00

262.91

69.20

264.17

Sussex

123.30

330.48

128.74

363.35

147.10

402.04

151.62

427.21

Teeside

76.60

314.70

87.65

312.15

104.10

330.38

104.80

332.42

Thames Valley

176.70

594.30

176.40

610.70

180.20

622.20

180.40

649.00

Warwickshire

55.00

160.80

51.33

162.97

59.30

174 42

52 53

172.40

West Mercia

125.46

370.47

141.30

372.69

144.50

374.09

150.99

396.54

West Midlands

429.20

1223.70

444.50

1235.80

493.50

1339.97

497.42

1420.44

West Yorkshire

310.48

1,027.05

343.37

1,051 73

361.00

1,041.55

370.06

1,064.68

Wiltshire

48.90

145.60

44.30

149.00

54.20

172.00

61.60

188.30

Total

6,271.45

19,163.82

6,584.94

19,522.94

6,894.50

20,542.06

7,017.20

21,328.98