Probation Officers: Manpower Paul Rowen To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) trainee and (b) qualified probation officers have been employed by the Probation Service in each year since 1997. Maria Eagle The following table shows the numbers of trainee probation officers and qualified probation officers on 31 December in each year since 19971. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Trainee probation officers|Qualified probation officers1| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1997 |— |6,155 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998 |229 |6,012 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1999 |523 |6,027 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000 |564 |6,029 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001 |1,096 |6,038 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002 |1,566 |5,966 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 |1,908 |6,103 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004 |1,774 |6,586 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |1,387 |6,894 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 |1,134 |7,210 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007 |1,138 |7,120 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Figures include senior practitioners, senior probation officers, probation officers andpractice development assessors.Note:Figures are shown as full time equivalents.| | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Figures for the year 2008-09 are not yet available.