Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 30581

Probation Officers: Pay

Tabled: 11 February 2025
Answered: 25 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Grahame Morris

LabourEasington

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of probation officer salaries in the context of the (a) workload and (b) level of stress associated with this role.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
The Probation Service this Government inherited was burdened with a workload which often exceeded what staff should be expected to handle. Probation staff are drawn to the profession because it is a vocation, it is right that we recognise the resilience a...

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