Question follow-through · 36387
Probation Officers: Sick Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of (a) attrition, (b) sickness absence and (c) work-related stress there were for probation officers in each region in the most recent period for which data is available.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 7 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 12 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of (a) attrition, (b) sickness absence and (c) work-related stress there were for probation officers in each region in the most recent period for which data is available.
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Mar 2025
Answer published
Number of leavers, sickness absences and stress-related sickness absences for probation officers in the 12 months to end of December 2024 by region: LeaversSickness absencesOf which, Stress sickness absences1Approved Premises07~East Midlands Probation Ser...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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