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Written question asked by David Leslie Taylor (Labour) on Monday, 11 May 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 13 May 2009. It was answered by Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour) on Monday, 1 June 2009 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Probation Boards

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what percentage of probation board members are black and minority ethnic;
Answer

There are 370 board members in the 42 probation boards/trusts in England and Wales, of whom 11.35 per cent. are from a BME background.The remuneration for probation board/trust chairs is largely dependent on the population band of the area they cover, with probation/trust chairs being paid between £15,400 and £27,500 and committing up to two days a week. Board/trust members are paid an hourly rate of £15.40 with a commitment of up to five days a month.The following table lists the current salaries of chairs of all probation areas/trusts for England and Wales.

Probation areas Salary (£)
London 27,500
Merseyside, Greater Manchester, West Midlands, West Yorkshire 22,000
Avon and Somerset, Cheshire, Devon and Cornwall, Essex, Hampshire, Humberside, Kent, Lancashire, Northumbria, Nottinghamshire, South Wales, South Yorkshire, Sussex and Thames Valley 17,600
Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, County Durham, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Dorset, Dyfed and Powys, Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire and Rutland, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, North Wales, North Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Mercia and Wiltshire 15,400

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
493 c89-90W; 275383
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Probation boards
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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