Probation: Manpower Mr. Heath 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. Mr. Hanson 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |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| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------