Probation Service
(asked on 30th January 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cumulative number of years of experience held by all probation officers in each year since 2010.
The cumulative length of service, in years, held by all probation officers is given in the following table. Most years’ figures are given as at 31st December each year, aside from 2022, where the latest published figures are as at 30 September 2022.
It should be noted that Information on probation officers is only available from the creation of National Probation Service (NPS) in June 2014.
Table 1 – Probation Officers in England and Wales cumulative length of service1,2, as at 31 December each year from 2014 to 2021 and September 20223,4
Date | Cumulative length of service of all probation officers |
31/12/2014 | 1,969 |
31/12/2015 | 5,537 |
31/12/2016 | 9,801 |
31/12/2017 | 12,727 |
31/12/2018 | 15,522 |
31/12/2019 | 19,195 |
31/12/2020 | 22,411 |
31/12/2021 | 36,017 |
30/09/2022 | 36,053 |
Notes to tables:
1. The length of service in HMPPS is calculated from most recent hire date. Where staff have transferred in from another Government Department or have transferred in through HMPPS taking over a function, length of service is calculated from entry to HMPPS
2. Figures presented here do not represent the full experience of Probation Officers
3. The dates reflect the Full Time Equivalent and cumulative years of service at that particular point of the year.