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Ministerial Corrections

Wednesday 28 November 2007

Justice

Community Service Orders

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many unpaid work appointments have been cancelled since January, broken down by probation area. [155367]

[Official Report, 17 September 2007, Vol. 464, c. 2245-46.]

Letter of correction from Mr. Hanson:

Errors have been identified in the text and table of the written answer given to the hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington on 17 September 2007, Official Report, columns 2245-2246W. The correct answer should have been:

Across all probation areas a total of 29,865 work appointments (4.9 per cent.) were cancelled between 1 January 2007 and 30 June 2007. This compares with 583,430 work appointments which were kept during the same period. The number of unpaid work appointments cancelled in each probation area is detailed in the table below.


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Area Appointment cancelled

Avon and Somerset

848

Bedfordshire

225

Cambridgeshire

777

Cheshire

1,737

County Durham

41

Cumbria

429

Derbyshire

62

Devon and Cornwall

311

Dorset

164

Dyfed Powys

21

Essex

747

Gloucestershire

182

Greater Manchester

472

Gwent

884

Hampshire

1,927

Hertfordshire

939

Humberside

107

Kent

1,589

Lancashire

328

Leicestershire and Rutland

489

Lincolnshire

204

London

3,786

Merseyside

768

Norfolk

1,183

North Wales

318

North Yorkshire

248

Northamptonshire

177

Northumbria

237

Nottinghamshire

301

South Wales

121

South Yorkshire

445

Staffordshire

1,346

Suffolk

481

Surrey

181

Sussex

657

Teesside

30

Thames Valley

4,772

Warwickshire

34

West Mercia

1,152

West Midlands

1,090

West Yorkshire

25

Wiltshire

30



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