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The workforce position, at 31 March 2024, was 20,758 FTE Staff in Post working in Probation Service grades (including those working in Approved Premises). This is an increase of 728 FTE (3.6%) since 31 March 2023.<\/p>
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Recruitment and retention remain a priority across the Probation Service and we have injected extra funding of more than £155 million a year since 2021 to deliver more robust supervision, recruit more staff and reduce caseloads to keep the public safer.<\/p>
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We have recruited 4,582 trainee Probation Officers between 2020/21 and 2023/24. Many of these trainees have already qualified and taken up Probation Officer posts and we expect the remainder of these intakes to qualify by the end of 2025 and begin to take on Probation Officer caseloads. We will continue to run centralised recruitment campaigns in priority regions to help bolster the number of applications.<\/p>
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Table One: Vacancies across Probation Service Regions, March 2024, all Probation Service grades.<\/strong><\/p> <\/p> Probation Service Region<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Vacancies (FTE)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> PS East Midlands<\/p><\/td> 45<\/p><\/td><\/tr> PS East of England<\/p><\/td> 204<\/p><\/td><\/tr> PS Greater Manchester<\/p><\/td> 18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> PS Kent, Surrey & Sussex<\/p><\/td> 100<\/p><\/td><\/tr> PS London<\/p><\/td> 446<\/p><\/td><\/tr> PS North East<\/p><\/td> 50<\/p><\/td><\/tr> PS North West<\/p><\/td> 89<\/p><\/td><\/tr> PS South Central<\/p><\/td> 103<\/p><\/td><\/tr> PS South West<\/p><\/td> 71<\/p><\/td><\/tr> PS Wales<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> PS West Midlands<\/p><\/td> 67<\/p><\/td><\/tr> PS Yorkshire & the Humber<\/p><\/td> 109<\/p><\/td><\/tr> PS Approved Premises<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Notes<\/strong><\/p>