Written question asked by Dominic Grieve (Conservative) on Monday, 15 June 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 June 2009. It was answered by Jack Straw (Labour) on Thursday, 25 June 2009 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Probation: Vacancies

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many unfilled posts there are in each region in the Probation Service.

Answer

The following table shows the number of vacant post in each of the regions.

	Active vacancies¹, ², ³
North East	31.84
North West	34.65
Yorkshire and Humberside	59.15
East Midlands	55.37
West Midlands	35.71
East of England	37.18
London	142.08
South East	72.78
South West	66.15
Wales	12.10
¹ Figures shown as FTE as at 30 June 2007 and can be found in issue 13 of the Workforce Information Report.
² Vacancies are defined as 'active vacancies', which includes any post that is being actively recruited into.
³ Due to the HR system in use, Hampshire probation area (South East region), Greater Manchester probation area (North West region) and West Midlands probation area (West Midlands region) have been unable to provide any vacancy figures and are excluded from this return.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 494 c1148W; 280836
Session: 2008-09
Subjects: Probation National Probation Service for England and Wales Vacancies
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk