Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Annex 1.12 of the model service agreements for contracts with Red Snapper and Service Care Solutions, dated 5 May 2022, and 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, for what reason there was an increase in the number of agency staff recruited to temporary probation service officer roles between 1 June 2022 and 18 October 2023, compared to the number recruited in 2021-22.

The information requested is not readily available as it requires the validation of an inordinate amount of data which would therefore incur disproportionate cost.