To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much funding his Department has allocated to Essex Probation Service for each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. (283888)

The grant allocation to Essex probation area for the last five years is as follows:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the rate of (a) absence and (b) absence resulting from injury at work was among Probation Service employees in (i) Essex and (ii) Castle Point in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of such absences; and if he will make a statement. (283889)

Sickness absence in Essex probation area and absence due to injury at work over the last five years is detailed in the table. Costs are calculated on average pay and include on-costs:

There are no staff assigned specifically to the Castle Point area, and therefore only figures for the whole of the county of Essex have been provided.