Probation Boards
Mr. Lidington:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what level of reserves he intends to allow local probation boards to maintain; what arrangements he has made to permit probation committees to carry forward reserves into local probation boards; and if he will make a statement. [142451]
Mr. Boateng:
Our expectation is that the new local probation boards will meet their current year's costs from within the 100 per cent. Home Office grant funding which they will receive under the new funding arrangements, and will not need to hold reserves. The new direct funding relationship will enable us to respond to the needs of individual boards to address circumstances where reserves might previously have been used. Boards will be able to carry forward up to 2 per cent. of their grant funding into a new financial year.
The existing local probation committees will not be able to transfer unspent funding to their successor local probation boards, as the latter will be new corporate bodies. Arrangements have however been made which, subject to Treasury approval, will enable the current committees to give up predicted underspends, generally of up to 4 per cent. of their grant, and equivalent amounts to be paid to their successor boards.
Mr. Lidington:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the names of those members of probation committees whom he has designated to continue as members of local probation boards, their qualifications for office and their party political affiliations. [142425]
Mr. Boateng:
I have tabled the names of those members of probation committees who have been designated to continue as members of local probation boards.
| | Members
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| Avon and Somerset | John Sutton
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| | Dr. Jennifer Gunnings
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| | Malcolm Cotton
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| | Nicholas Bernard
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| Bedfordshire | Helen Sismey-Durrant
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| | Stephen Singh
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| | Alice Crampin
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| | Susan Squire
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| Cambridgeshire | Janet Jones
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| | Colin Lattimore
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| | Michael Sullivan
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| | Susan Morris
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| Cheshire | David Woulds
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| | Keneth McKinley
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| | Francis O'Freil
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| | Clare Hoy
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| Cumbria | Christine Egan
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| | Robin Brown
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| | James Coote
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| | Thomas Gordon
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| Devon and Cornwall | Nicola Taylor
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| | Sandra Shaw
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| | Lynda Price
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| | Richard Ellis
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| Derbyshire | David Ward
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| | June Lambert
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| | Ian Hurst
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| | William Kirkland
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| Dorset | Brian Whittingham
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| | Dorothy Cooper
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| | Jennifer Simm
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| | Roger Ketley
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| Durham | William Raine
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| | Anthony Woolfe
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| | Hilary Shaw
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| | Josephine Turnbull
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| Essex | Caroline Malden
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| | Nicola Moulds
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| | Robert Eschle
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| | John Hilton
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| Gloucester | Christopher Marshall
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| | David James
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| | Alan Davies
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| | Rosemary Steele
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| Hampshire | Diane Thomas
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| | Simon Mantle
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| | Gabrielle Edwards
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| | Melanie Da Cunha
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| Hertfordshire | Anne Webster
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| | Jagtar Dhindsa
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| | Lillian Edwards-Hamilton
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| | Neville Wade
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| Humberside | Lesley Mole
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| | Roy White
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| | Darren Hale
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| | Peter Isles
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| Kent | Lady Julia Pender
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| | Michael Brown
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| | Brian Fernando
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| | Elizabeth Tullberg
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| Lancashire | Susan Hughes
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| | Prafulchandra Upadhyay
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| | Isabel Lea
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| | Valerie Burke
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| Leicester | Ivan Ould
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| | Uday Dholakia
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| | John Thomas
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| | Keith Smithson
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| Lincolnshire | Judith Parker
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| | Anthony Worth
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| | Sylvia Williams
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| | Max Winslow
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| London | Daphne Wickham
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| | Angela Chamber
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| | Max Telling
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| | Kenneth Ashken
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| | Carole Markham
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| Norfolk | Dr. Gwyneth Boswell
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| | Shiela Long
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| | Nigel Dixon
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| | David Pearson
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| Northamptonshire | John Tate
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| | Samuel Garden
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| | Michael Sawford
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| | Shirley Ogden
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| Northumbria | Brian Dodds
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| | Christine Tweedie
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| | George Mitchell
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| | Amanda Sita Main
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| Nottinghamshire | Wendy Start
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| | Kathleen Alick
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| | William Dargue
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| | Dr. Peter Pratt
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| Greater Manchester | Michael Harkin
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| | Sylvia Seddon
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| | Jon Hardy
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| | Peter Turner
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| Merseyside | Elizabeth Barnett
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| | Iris Shanahan
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| | Ronald Barker
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| | Stanley Mayne
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| Staffordshire | William Finney
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| | Linda Kemp
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| | Alexander Gribben
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| | Gerald Hindley
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| Suffolk | Sabhash Modasia
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| | David Rowe
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| | John McLoughlin
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| | Eileen Crane
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| Surrey | Michael Head
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| | Lady Thomas of Walliswood
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| | Lesley Myles
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| | Linda Hawkins
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| Sussex | John Shippham
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| | [Kenneth Melsom-- subsequently withdrew]
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| | Christopher Crook
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| | Joan Fraser
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| Teeside | Keneth Bellamy
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| | Michael McGory
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| | Mavis Lacey
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| | Paul Whitehouse
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| Thames Valley | Lady Stephanie North
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| | George Dunford
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| | Brian Harper
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| | Dr. Gillian Cohen
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| West Mercia | Patricia Bradbury
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| | Colin Watkins
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| | David Williams
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| | Ruth Crofts
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| Warwickshire | Angela O'Boyle
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| | Abdul Salaam
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| | Ian Cronin
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| | Anne Henderson
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| West Midlands | Enid Showell
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| | Michael Ager
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| | Thomas Stone
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| | Colin Fishwick
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| Wiltshire | Malathy Sitaram
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| | Leslie Baker
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| | Jennifer Swift
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| | John Reynolds
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| North Yorkshire | Michael Doyle
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| | Jack Stephenson
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| | George Robson
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| | Dorianne Butler
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| South Yorkshire | Beryl Seaman
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| | John Hinchcliffe
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| | Ann Chapman
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| | Oswald Billings
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| West Yorkshire | Francis Colvill
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| | Earnest Clark
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| | Judith Poole
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| | Gillian Pratt
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| South Wales | Christine Lovell
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| | Peter Raynor
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| | Gareth Morgan-Jones
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| Gwent | Joyce Morgan
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| | Cynthia Parkes
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| | Robert Hatton-Evans
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| | Wilfred Phillips
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| North Wales | Brenda Roberts
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| | Carol Hughes
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| | Christopher Thomas
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| | Alison Lea-Wilson
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| Dyfed/Powys | Rev. Alan Charters
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| | Eileen Jobling
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| | Ina Williams
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| | Martin Morris
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Designation to continue into membership of the boards reflects the competency framework for board members, a copy of which has been placed in the Library. Political affiliation was not one of the factors taken into account. The analysis of the make-up of the boards has not yet been carried out and is likely to be done after the board memberships are complete in mid January 2001.
Mr. Lidington:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the names of the chairmen-designate of local probation boards whom he has appointed, their qualifications for office and their party political affiliations. [142424]
Mr. Boateng:
I have tabled the names of chairmen-designate of local probation boards. In the case of Dyfed/Powys and Leicestershire those designated have yet to indicate their willingness to serve, so are not listed.
| Local probation board | Chairman-designate
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| Avon and Somerset | John Christensen
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| Bedfordshire | Robin Fletcher
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| Cambridgeshire | Colin Lattimore
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| Cheshire | David Nelson
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| Cumbria | Mr. Gordon
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| Derbyshire | John Raine
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| Devon and Cornwall | Anthony Smith
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| Dorset | Margaret Topliss
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| Durham | Robert John Williams
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| Essex | Alan Tobias
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| Gloucestershire | David James
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| Hampshire | Dermot Sean Boyle
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| Herefordshire | Nicholas Moss
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| Humberside | Alexander Semple
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| Kent | Peter Alan Gammon
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| Lancashire | Leslie Robinson
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| Lincolnshire | Basheer Ahmed
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| London | Suhail Aziz
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| Greater Manchester | Lovranjan Kapila
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| Merseyside | Nigel Mellor
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| Norfolk | Charles Winstanley
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| Northamptonshire | Michael Prescod
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| Northumbria | Elizabeth Derrington
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| Nottinghamshire | Wendy Start
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| Staffordshire | Gerald Hindley
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| Suffolk | Gordon MacArthur
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| Surrey | Owusu Abebrese
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| Sussex | Christopher Cook
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| Teesside | Kenneth Bellamy
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| Thames Valley | Lorna Beckford
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| Warwickshire | Charles Jordan
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| West Mercia | Patricia Bradbury
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| West Midlands | Parmjit Singh
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| Wiltshire | Andrew Edwards
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| North Yorkshire | Jack Stephenson
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| South Yorkshire | Beryl Seaman
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| West Yorkshire | Miranda Hughes
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| South Wales | Richard Penn
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| North Wales | Brian James
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| Gwent | John Raymond Evans
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Their particular qualifications are various, but in each case they have demonstrated, through the appointment process, that they best met the demands of the framework of competences for chairs of probation boards, a copy of which has been placed in the Library.
Political affiliation was not one of the factors taken into account. The analysis of the make up of the boards has not yet been carried out and is likely to be done after the board memberships are complete in mid January 2001.
Mr. Lidington:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many members of each probation committee applied unsuccessfully to continue as members
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of local probation boards; what are the party political affiliations of these unsuccessful applicants; and if he will make a statement. [142422]
Mr. Boateng:
The analysis of members selected as continuing members from the existing committees has not yet taken place.
Many committee members have applied to be members of the boards in the current round of recruitment of members and it is only when this is complete in mid January that the total number of members of committees going through to the boards will be known.
Mr. Lidington:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each local probation board (a) the proposed cash limit before property charges for (i) 2001-02, (ii) 2002-03 and (iii) 2003-04, (b) the percentage increase which the figures for (A) 2002-03 and (B) 2003-04 represent over the cash limits for the previous year and (c) his estimate of inflation for (1) 2001-02, (2) 2002-03 and (3) 2003-04. [142449]
Mr. Boateng:
The information requested is set out in the table. It is emphasised that the figures for 2002-03 and 2003-04 are provisional. The estimate for inflation in all three years is 2.5 per cent. per annum, using the Treasury deflator figure.
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Probation boards--cash limit allocations
| Cash limit allocation 2001-02 (£ million) | (7)Cash limit allocation 2002-03 (£ million) | (7)Cash limit allocation 2003-04 (£ million) | Percentage increase 2001-02 to 2002-03 | Percentage increase 2003-03 to 2003-04
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| Avon and Somerset | 12.603 | 12.793 | 13.487 | 1.51 | 5.42
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| Bedfordshire | 4.801 | 5.018 | 5.440 | 4.51 | 8.42
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| Cambridgeshire | 5.184 | 5.417 | 5.873 | 4.51 | 8.42
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| Cheshire | 8.616 | 9.278 | 10.060 | 7.69 | 8.42
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| Cumbria | 4.816 | 5.015 | 5.438 | 4.13 | 8.42
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| Derbyshire | 8.041 | 8.403 | 9.111 | 4.51 | 8.42
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| Devon and Cornwall | 12.221 | 12.772 | 13.848 | 4.51 | 8.42
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| Dorset | 5.119 | 5.197 | 5.478 | 1.51 | 5.42
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| Durham | 5.943 | 6.816 | 7.390 | 14.69 | 8.42
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| Essex | 12.218 | 12.769 | 13.844 | 4.51 | 8.42
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| Gloucestershire | 4.547 | 4.615 | 4.866 | 1.51 | 5.42
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| Hampshire | 13.694 | 14.747 | 15.989 | 7.69 | 8.42
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| Hertfordshire | 6.831 | 7.018 | 7.609 | 2.73 | 8.42
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| Humberside | 8.760 | 9.646 | 10.458 | 10.11 | 8.42
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| Kent | 13.477 | 14.084 | 15.271 | 4.51 | 8.42
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| Lancashire | 14.482 | 15.135 | 16.410 | 4.51 | 8.42
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| Leicestershire | 8.048 | 8.411 | 9.119 | 4.51 | 8.42
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| Lincolnshire | 5.263 | 5.500 | 5.964 | 4.51 | 8.42
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| Norfolk | 6.196 | 6.582 | 7.137 | 6.23 | 8.42
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| Northamptonshire | 4.740 | 5.161 | 5.596 | 8.89 | 8.42
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| North Yorkshire | 5.455 | 6.031 | 6.539 | 10.55 | 8.42
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| Nottinghamshire | 10.547 | 11.022 | 11.950 | 4.51 | 8.42
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| Staffordshire | 8.602 | 8.986 | 9.743 | 4.47 | 8.42
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| Suffolk | 4.965 | 5.189 | 5.626 | 4.51 | 8.42
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| Surrey | 6.541 | 6.640 | 7.000 | 1.51 | 5.42
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| Sussex | 10.238 | 10.699 | 11.601 | 4.51 | 8.42
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| Teesside | 7.439 | 7.786 | 8.442 | 4.66 | 8.42
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| Thames Valley | 15.641 | 15.876 | 16.737 | 1.51 | 5.42
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| Warwickshire | 3.938 | 3.997 | 4.219 | 1.51 | 5.53
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| West Mercia | 8.656 | 9.046 | 9.808 | 4.51 | 8.42
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| Wiltshire | 4.636 | 4.844 | 5.252 | 4.51 | 8.42
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| Greater Manchester | 29.972 | 30.424 | 32.909 | 1.51 | 8.17
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| Merseyside | 18.072 | 18.886 | 20.477 | 4.51 | 8.42
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| Northumbria | 16.443 | 17.184 | 18.631 | 4.51 | 8.42
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| South Yorkshire | 14.638 | 15.298 | 16.587 | 4.51 | 8.42
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| West Midlands | 30.416 | 31.787 | 34.465 | 4.51 | 8.42
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| West Yorkshire | 23.353 | 24.405 | 26.461 | 4.51 | 8.42
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| Greater London | 88.022 | 89.347 | 94.193 | 1.51 | 5.42
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| Dyfed-Powys | 4.382 | 4.943 | 5.360 | 12.81 | 8.42
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| Gwent | 5.471 | 6.685 | 7.248 | 22.18 | 8.42
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| North Wales | 5.824 | 6.765 | 7.335 | 16.16 | 8.42
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| South Wales | 14.146 | 14.783 | 16.029 | 4.51 | 8.42
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| Total | 503.000 | 525.000 | 565.000 | 4.37 | 7.62
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(7) Provisional
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Mr. Lidington:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his estimate is of the property charges to be deducted from the cash limit of each local probation board for (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03 and (c) 2003-04. [142450]
Mr. Boateng:
The total estimate for all local probation boards in 2001-02 is £3.3 million. This is based on a 6 per cent. charge on the estimated value of the property assets of about £55 million. Individual figures are not available for each probation board, because the property charge will reflect the value of the property occupied by each board during 2001-02. Local probation boards will be able to estimate these costs and the Home Office will be collecting the data required in the new year. In future years, the property charges will again depend on the property occupied in that financial year.
