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1466433

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date	26/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Security Guards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department's contract with OCS to provide security staff on the HMCTS estate contains provisions relating to staff pay.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	9939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Our contract sets out the certain provisions relating OCS staff pay. The relevant provisions are available on contracts finder by following the link: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2bea0732-afb6-4948-a502-bb1594c396c9" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2bea0732-afb6-4948-a502-bb1594c396c9</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 06/06/2022 15:34:37 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1466436

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation Service: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many vacancies there are in the Probation Service, by region, as of 26 May 2022.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	9940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The difference between required staffing and staff in post in the Probation Service, by region, as of 31<sup>st</sup> March is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Difference</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands Probation Service</p></td><td><p>-97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England Probation Service</p></td><td><p>-129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester Probation Service</p></td><td><p>-41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent, Surrey and Sussex Probation Service</p></td><td><p>-230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Probation Service</p></td><td><p>-283</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Probation Service</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Probation Service</p></td><td><p>-31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Central Probation Service</p></td><td><p>-118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Probation Service</p></td><td><p>-137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales Probation Service</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands Probation Service</p></td><td><p>-6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber Probation Service</p></td><td><p>-123</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Probation Service Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-1,106</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The overall Spending Review settlement continues investment in probation services and provides significant wider investment in new initiatives to reduce reoffending and beat crime. The funding secured for the next 3 years of the spending review (April 22 – March 25) has seen an additional £155m made permanent in the baseline.</p><p> </p><p>The Probation Service recruited a total of 1,007 trainees in 2020/21; we committed to recruiting a further 1,500 trainee probation officers in 2021/2022 and we met this target, recruiting 1,518 in total. The Probation Service will also recruit a further 1,500 trainee probation officers in 2022/23. In addition, we are recruiting around 500 additional unpaid work supervisors, Probation Service Officers (PSOs) and case administrators.</p><p> </p><p>Source: HMPPS Single Operating Platform, Required Staffing database and Workforce planning returns.</p><p>Note: Difference is a proxy for vacancies. Negative figures indicate staff in post is less than required staff level</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/06/2022 12:27:57 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1466438

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation Service: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many agency staff are currently working in the Probation Service by region.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	9941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The cost of agency staff for the month of April 2022, by probation region, is set out in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Total Spend £</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>60,959</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>164,061</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>51,305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent, Surrey and Sussex</p></td><td><p>139,953</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>367,628</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>39,419</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>55,299</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Central</p></td><td><p>70,315</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>46,626</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>14,523</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>116,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>52,778</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The overall Spending Review settlement continues investment in probation services and provides significant wider investment in new initiatives to reduce reoffending and beat crime. The funding secured for the next 3 years of the spending review (April 22 – March 25) has seen an additional £155m made permanent in the baseline.</p><p> </p><p>The Probation Service recruited a total of 1,007 trainees in 2020/21; we committed to recruiting a further 1,500 trainee probation officers in 2021/2022 and we met this target, recruiting 1,518 in total. The Probation Service will also recruit a further 1,500 trainee probation officers in 2022/23. In addition, we are recruiting around 500 additional unpaid work supervisors, Probation Service Officers (PSOs) and case administrators.</p><p> </p><p>The number of agency staff employed changes from day to day: it would not be possible to collate regional or national totals without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold information on the number of retired staff working as agency staff. This is considered to be the personal information of these agency staff and is therefore not requested.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 9942 9943 question first answered 06/06/2022 12:30:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1466440

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation Service: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of agency staff working in the Probation Service, broken down by region.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	9942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The cost of agency staff for the month of April 2022, by probation region, is set out in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Total Spend £</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>60,959</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>164,061</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>51,305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent, Surrey and Sussex</p></td><td><p>139,953</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>367,628</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>39,419</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>55,299</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Central</p></td><td><p>70,315</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>46,626</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>14,523</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>116,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>52,778</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The overall Spending Review settlement continues investment in probation services and provides significant wider investment in new initiatives to reduce reoffending and beat crime. The funding secured for the next 3 years of the spending review (April 22 – March 25) has seen an additional £155m made permanent in the baseline.</p><p> </p><p>The Probation Service recruited a total of 1,007 trainees in 2020/21; we committed to recruiting a further 1,500 trainee probation officers in 2021/2022 and we met this target, recruiting 1,518 in total. The Probation Service will also recruit a further 1,500 trainee probation officers in 2022/23. In addition, we are recruiting around 500 additional unpaid work supervisors, Probation Service Officers (PSOs) and case administrators.</p><p> </p><p>The number of agency staff employed changes from day to day: it would not be possible to collate regional or national totals without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold information on the number of retired staff working as agency staff. This is considered to be the personal information of these agency staff and is therefore not requested.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 9941 9943 question first answered 06/06/2022 12:30:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1466441

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation Service: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Probation Service staff, who retired in the past 12 months, are currently employed as agency staff in the service; and what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of these staff.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	9943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The cost of agency staff for the month of April 2022, by probation region, is set out in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Total Spend £</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>60,959</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>164,061</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>51,305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent, Surrey and Sussex</p></td><td><p>139,953</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>367,628</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>39,419</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>55,299</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Central</p></td><td><p>70,315</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>46,626</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>14,523</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>116,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>52,778</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The overall Spending Review settlement continues investment in probation services and provides significant wider investment in new initiatives to reduce reoffending and beat crime. The funding secured for the next 3 years of the spending review (April 22 – March 25) has seen an additional £155m made permanent in the baseline.</p><p> </p><p>The Probation Service recruited a total of 1,007 trainees in 2020/21; we committed to recruiting a further 1,500 trainee probation officers in 2021/2022 and we met this target, recruiting 1,518 in total. The Probation Service will also recruit a further 1,500 trainee probation officers in 2022/23. In addition, we are recruiting around 500 additional unpaid work supervisors, Probation Service Officers (PSOs) and case administrators.</p><p> </p><p>The number of agency staff employed changes from day to day: it would not be possible to collate regional or national totals without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold information on the number of retired staff working as agency staff. This is considered to be the personal information of these agency staff and is therefore not requested.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 9941 9942 question first answered 06/06/2022 12:30:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts