Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answers of 25 October 2023 to Question 203245 on Probation Service: Red Snapper Recruitment and 26 October 2023 to Question 203246 on Probation Service: Service Care Solutions, how many temporary (a) probation and (b) probation service officers were assigned to roles within the Probation Service other than those provided under the terms of the contracts with Red Snapper and Service Care Solutions in the period between 1 June 2022 to 18 October 2023.

In order to confirm that no staff were assigned to roles other than those provided under the terms of the contracts with Red Snapper and Service Care Solutions, it would be necessary to make detailed enquiries at local level across England and Wales, and this could not be done without incurring disproportionate cost.