Probation Service: Employment

Monday 13th December 2010 Ministerial Corrections

[Helen Goodman]

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people were employed by (a) Durham and (b) Teesside probation areas on 31 December 2009;

(2) how many people were employed by Durham Tees Valley Probation Trust on 30 June 2010.

[Official Report, 22 November 2010, Vol. 519, c. 124W.]

Letter of correction from Mr Crispin Blunt:

An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland (Helen Goodman) on 22 November 2010.

The full answer given was as follows:

[Mr Blunt]

The total staff in post for Durham Probation Area on 31 December 2009 was 268.65 FTE (full-time equivalent), and for Teesside Probation Area this was 292.06 FTE.

The total staff in post in Durham Tees Valley Probation Trust on 30 June 2010 was 572.27 FTE (full-time equivalent).

The correct answer should have been:

[Mr Blunt]

The total staff in post for Durham Probation Area on 31 December 2009 was 271.94 FTE (full-time equivalent), and for Teesside Probation Area this was 313.26 FTE.

The total staff in post in Durham Tees Valley Probation Trust on 30 June 2010 was 565.84 FTE (full-time equivalent).