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<p>The total amount spent by the Ministry of Justice on probation services in England
and Wales for the years requested is set out in a summary table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial
Years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Probation Expenditure, nominal*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£851,700,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£804,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£832,400,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£819,800,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£874,600,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Figures
have been rounded and show actual costs</p><p> </p><p>The expenditure prior to 2014/15
is for Probation Boards and Trusts. From 2014/15 onwards, responsibility for providing
probation services transferred to the new National Probation Service (NPS) and 21
Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs). The cost increase in 2014/15 was for transition
and mobilisation costs of setting up the NPS and CRCs, as well as closing down Probation
Trusts, as part of the Transforming Rehabilitation reforms.</p>
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