To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation service staff providing pre-sentencing report delivery were in employment for courts in (a) England and (b) Wales in each of the last 10 years.
The number of Probation Officers and Probation Services Officers (FTE) working in the Courts internal function as of December of each year since 2017: EnglandWalesTotal2017988.048.81,036.82018970.456.41026.92019885.754.3940.02020863.653.7917.32021894.752....
Probation Service: Staff