Probation Officers: Pay
Commons · Question 30581 · Tabled 11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Grahame Morris
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
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 25 Feb 2025
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...