Probation: Staff
(asked on 7th March 2025) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of (a) attrition, (b) sickness absence and (c) work-related stress there were for probation officers in each region in the most recent period for which data is available.
Number of leavers, sickness absences and stress-related sickness absences for probation officers in the 12 months to end of December 2024 by region:
| Leavers | Sickness absences | Of which, |
Approved Premises | 0 | 7 | ~ |
East Midlands Probation Service | 24 | 424 | 50 |
East of England Probation Service | 41 | 469 | 45 |
Greater Manchester Probation Service | 17 | 276 | 39 |
Kent, Surrey and Sussex Probation Service | 17 | 265 | 36 |
London Probation Service | 78 | 569 | 86 |
North East Probation Service | 16 | 239 | 30 |
North West Probation Service | 33 | 442 | 61 |
South Central Probation Service | 20 | 343 | 47 |
South West Probation Service | 30 | 351 | 50 |
Wales Probation Service | 30 | 322 | 68 |
West Midlands Probation Service | 47 | 460 | 76 |
Yorkshire & the Humber Probation Service | 47 | 517 | 77 |
Other parts of HMPPS2 | 1 | 10 | ~ |
Probation officers total | 401 | 4,694 | 669 |
1) There is a sickness reason in the MoJ HR system called 'Stress' but this does not show whether it is work-related or not.
2) Includes probation officers working outside of the Probation Service but still within HMPPS.
3) ~ Denotes suppressed values of 2 or fewer or other values which would allow values of 2 or fewer to be derived by subtraction. Low numbers are suppressed to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 2018.