Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what increase there has been in the salary of (a) Mary Archer and (b) Alan Hubbard for posts connected with probation services in Essex over the last 12 months.
As a result of our probation reforms, responsibility for probation provision transferred on 1 June 2014 from the 35 probation trusts to the new National Probation Service and 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs).
Mary Archer, who was Chief Executive of Essex Probation Trust, is now the Chief Executive Officer of the Essex CRC. There has been no increase in her remuneration over the last 12 months. Alan Hubbard was previously Chair of Essex Probation Trust; he is now a non-executive director of the Essex CRC. His remuneration has decreased, because his new role involves a lesser commitment of time.