To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what information his Department holds on how many members of the public have attended each meeting of the Essex Probation Board in each of the last 12 months for which information is available; and if he will make a statement.

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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what information his Department holds on how many members of the public have attended each meeting of the Essex Probation Board in each of the last 12 months for which information is available; and if he will make a statement.

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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many probation boards have assumed trust status; and which probation boards have had their application for trust status rejected.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many probation boards have assumed trust status; and which probation boards have had their application for trust status rejected.

I wish to inform the House that from 1 April 2010, there will be established 29 further probation trusts operating in England and Wales. This brings to 35 the total number of probation trusts and means the dissolution of the last remaining local probation boards. The trusts programme has presented...

I wish to inform the House that from 1 April 2010, there will be established 29 further probation trusts operating in England and Wales. This brings to 35 the total number of probation trusts and means the dissolution of the last remaining local probation boards. The trusts programme has presented...

My honourable friend Maria Eagle, the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I wish to inform the House that from 1 April 2010 there will be established 29 further probation trusts operating in England and Wales. This brings to 35 the total number...

My honourable friend Maria Eagle, the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I wish to inform the House that from 1 April 2010 there will be established 29 further probation trusts operating in England and Wales. This brings to 35 the total number...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many members there were of each probation board in Wales on 31 December 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many members there were of each probation board in Wales on 31 December 2009.

The future of theParole Board. Consultation document. 54 p.

The future of theParole Board. Consultation document. 54 p.

Letter dated 23/06/2009 from Lord Bach to Baroness Howe of Ildicote regarding parole delays. 1 p.

Letter dated 23/06/2009 from Lord Bach to Baroness Howe of Ildicote regarding parole delays. 1 p.

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

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

(2) what remuneration the (a) Chair and (b) members of probation board and trusts receive.

(2) what remuneration the (a) Chair and (b) members of probation board and trusts receive.

Letter dated 20/05/2009 from Lord Bach to Lord Henley regarding the reappointment of a director of the National Probation Service and the introduction of the National Offender Management Service (NOMS). 2 p.

Letter dated 20/05/2009 from Lord Bach to Lord Henley regarding the reappointment of a director of the National Probation Service and the introduction of the National Offender Management Service (NOMS). 2 p.

(2) what average percentage of probation board and trust expenditure was on probation board members' (a) salaries and (b) associated expenses in (i) England and (ii) Wales in the last 12 months.

(2) what average percentage of probation board and trust expenditure was on probation board members' (a) salaries and (b) associated expenses in (i) England and (ii) Wales in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what average percentage of probation board and trust expenditure was incurred on salaries paid in respect of management positions higher than Band 4 on the national job evaluation scheme in (a) England and (b) Wales in 2008-09;

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what average percentage of probation board and trust expenditure was incurred on salaries paid in respect of management positions higher than Band 4 on the national job evaluation scheme in (a) England and (b) Wales in 2008-09;

My Lords, the Minister has not answered the question posed by my noble friend Lord Thomas about why this country has the most punitive policy towards the incarceration of prisoners in the democratic European context. Will he reflect on what it is about this country that causes our prison population...

My Lords, the Minister has not answered the question posed by my noble friend Lord Thomas about why this country has the most punitive policy towards the incarceration of prisoners in the democratic European context. Will he reflect on what it is about this country that causes our prison population...

My Lords, on my noble friend’s final question, like all government departments we are, of course, doing our duty. As to his first question, it is necessary that I go away and write a letter to the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, with a response to his point. Britain...

My Lords, on my noble friend’s final question, like all government departments we are, of course, doing our duty. As to his first question, it is necessary that I go away and write a letter to the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, with a response to his point. Britain...

Lords statement on prisons and probation.

Lords statement on prisons and probation.

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I will now repeat a Statement made in another place by my right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. The Statement is as follows: "With permission, Mr Speaker, I should like to make a Statement on prisons...

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I will now repeat a Statement made in another place by my right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. The Statement is as follows: "With permission, Mr Speaker, I should like to make a Statement on prisons...

My Lords, in the context of the item in the Statement that speaks of savings—cuts might be a more expressive word—that the probation service will be required to make, is it not the case that probation officers spend only 25 per cent of their time on front-line work with offenders,...

My Lords, in the context of the item in the Statement that speaks of savings—cuts might be a more expressive word—that the probation service will be required to make, is it not the case that probation officers spend only 25 per cent of their time on front-line work with offenders,...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, as always. One of the explanations for this seeming paradox, as I said earlier, is that sentence lengths for most offence groups have increased. Some would say that for some offences that is not a bad thing. I seem...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, as always. One of the explanations for this seeming paradox, as I said earlier, is that sentence lengths for most offence groups have increased. Some would say that for some offences that is not a bad thing. I seem...