Probation: Finance Mr. Gerrard To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how the speedy recall processes to be introduced in the London Probation Service will be funded. Maria Eagle London Probation is already required to complete and submit recall breach reports within the national target of 24 hours. The intention is that existing processes will be improved to ensure compliance with the target and that this work will be undertaken within existing resources. London Probation is committed to working closely with its partner agencies, the Metropolitan police and the National Offender Management Service Public Protection Casework Section, to improve the efficiency of the recall process from the initiating of recall by London Probation through to the arrest by the police. This work is being monitored by the London Criminal Justice Board and the London Director of Offender Management. Paul Holmes To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the budget was for each probation area in each year since 1997. Maria Eagle The resource budget allocations to individual probation areas 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. The budget figures shown for 2009-10 may be subject to further change. Since 2001-02 there have been changes to the budget allocation methodology, plus machinery of government changes and accounting methodology changes that make it difficult to compare figures over a long period. -------------------- |£000 | -------------------- | |Revenue| -------------------- |Areas |2009-10|2008-09|2007-08|2006-07|2005-06|2004-05|2003-04|2002-03|2001-02| -------------------- |Avon and Somerset |20,300|20,727|20,661|19,771|18,273|16,851|15,612|14,891|15,856| -------------------- |Bedfordshire |9,556|9,571|8,863|8,499|8,180|7,182|6,517|6,196|5,526| -------------------- |Cambridgeshire |10,092|10,341|9,727|9,273|8,895|7,375|6,835|6,168|6,365| -------------------- |Cheshire |15,133|15,571|14,715|15,688|15,393|13,427|11,692|10,012|8,984| -------------------- |Cumbria |8,626|8,376|8,217|7,897|7,466|6,241|6,279|5,710|5,288| -------------------- |Derbyshire |14,042|15,168|13,490|12,891|12,166|11,088|10,335|9,516|8,534| -------------------- |Devon and Cornwall|20,306|21,037|20,225|19,638|18,184|15,646|15,667|13,967|12,740| -------------------- |Dorset |9,067|9,408|8,522|8,277|7,989|7,338|7,307|6,876|5,761| -------------------- |Durham |10,615|11,148|10,720|10,245|9,513|8,697|7,820|7,431|5,975| -------------------- |Essex |19,325|20,319|19,977|18,922|17,839|16,220|14,849|14,502|13,700| -------------------- |Gloucestershire |7,677|7,858|7,379|6,959|6,524|5,975|5,874|5,102|4,943| -------------------- |Hampshire |24,868|25,614|24,338|23,057|21,872|20,026|18,427|18,079|13,841| -------------------- |Hertfordshire |11,468|11,750|11,265|10,569|9,618|8,691|8,409|8,654|7,034| -------------------- |Humberside |17,377|18,380|17,187|16,130|14,964|13,010|12,422|11,090|9,414| -------------------- |Kent |21,449|21,798|20,993|20,340|19,052|16,760|16,322|15,116|13,673| -------------------- |Lancashire |24,516|24,406|22,979|21,394|20,251|18,837|18,600|16,859|14,307| -------------------- |Leicestershire |15,237|15,668|14,402|13,805|13,071|11,778|11,086|9,911|8,774| -------------------- |Lincolnshire |9,436|9,794|9,292|9,038|8,446|7,469|7,134|6,127|5,606| -------------------- |Norfolk |11,582|11,980|11,168|10,608|10,205|8,477|7,927|7,171|6,543| -------------------- |Northamptonshire |9,389|9,673|9,116|8,816|8,149|7,158|6,920|6,018|5,131| -------------------- |North Yorkshire |9,827|10,350|10,236|9,478|8,998|7,937|7,486|6,877|5,701| -------------------- |Nottinghamshire |19,303|19,686|19,057|18,117|17,190|14,861|14,232|13,220|11,658| -------------------- |Staffordshire |16,885|17,260|16,393|15,913|14,361|12,319|11,769|10,930|9,586| -------------------- |Suffolk |10,018|10,243|9,643|9,445|8,771|7,583|7,361|6,889|6,268| -------------------- |Surrey |10,249|10,953|10,396|10,081|9,421|7,779|7,784|7,523|6,881| -------------------- |Sussex |18,074|18,388|17,373|16,991|15,677|14,033|12,789|11,367|10,396| -------------------- |Teesside |13,408|13,715|13,606|13,052|12,178|10,954|10,613|9,523|9,805| -------------------- |Thames Valley |25,776|26,614|25,405|24,373|23,421|20,795|19,787|18,463|20,831| -------------------- |Warwickshire |7,177|7,538|6,937|6,743|6,492|5,698|5,452|4,749|4,368| -------------------- |West Mercia |15,217|15,692|15,445|13,642|13,197|11,774|11,188|10,057|9,251| -------------------- |Wiltshire |8,064|8,214|7,874|7,720|7,224|5,964|5,510|4,874|4,606| -------------------- |Greater Manchester|51,577|52,798|48,309|47,532|45,645|40,985|38,521|34,479|31,731| -------------------- |Merseyside |31,729|32,756|29,263|28,820|28,643|25,798|24,621|22,410|23,062| -------------------- |Northumbria |29,109|29,801|27,646|26,964|26,005|22,999|22,113|18,459|16,641| -------------------- |South Yorkshire |24,977|25,511|24,282|24,058|23,041|20,858|20,381|18,191|16,153| -------------------- |West Midlands |56,913|59,331|55,055|53,377|50,140|44,076|41,932|38,581|37,865| -------------------- |West Yorkshire |41,080|42,982|40,036|38,193|36,226|33,366|30,986|28,062|26,931| -------------------- |London |150,384|153,617|143,404|137,416|132,637|107,888|110,390|106,612|94,328| -------------------- |Dyfed Powys |8,417|8,960|8,295|8,058|7,541|6,478|5,784|5,162|4,579| -------------------- |Gwent |11,172|11,404|11,252|10,930|10,018|8,938|8,029|7,197|5,215| -------------------- |North Wales |12,244|12,530|11,786|11,696|11,027|10,067|9,044|8,223|6,774| -------------------- |South Wales |24,624|25,566|25,226|24,402|23,098|20,917|19,328|18,104|17,062| -------------------- |Total |886,285|912,496|860,172|828,817|786,995|690,312|661,130|609,348|557,686| --------------------