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<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>
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