Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average caseload for probation staff was during each of the last three years for the (a) National Probation Service and (b) Community Rehabilitation Companies in (i) England and (ii) Wales.
The Ministry of Justice publishes statistics showing the total caseload of the probation service (the National Probation Service (NPS) and the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies) and also staff in post in the NPS. Figures for total probation caseload are published quarterly in the Offender Management Statistics Bulletin, England and Wales:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly
Figures for NPS staff in post are also published quarterly, in the National Offender Management Service Workforce Statistics Bulletin:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics
Figures on the average caseload of probation officers are not collected centrally. Individual probation officer caseloads across the NPS are, however, carefully monitored by experienced managers. We have also developed a Workload Management Tool to assist National Probation Service Divisions with the process of allocating cases appropriately between staff.