Crispin Blunt corrected the Commons record on Heroin Addiction
Crispin Blunt made the correction and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 21 December 2010. The correction replaced 9 figures (1,339.26, 1,716.61, 20,031.72, 4,342.34, 5,318.87, 5,583.13) with 9 figures (1,315.99, 1,718.81, 20,054.99, 4,345.15, 5,322.06, 5,595.20). Altogether 26 words differ between the two versions.
The question
24. To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many of those serving a prison sentence have been treated for heroin addiction. Letter of correction from Mr Nick Herbert: An error has been identified in the written answer given to the right hon. Member for Coventry North East (Mr Ainsworth) on 23 November 2010. Unfortunately, the answer contained an error relating to the number of heroin users (4,933) that have entered accredited drug treatment programmes in 2009-10. The full answer given was as follows:
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| The staff in post figures for the probation service by job group at 31 December The table shows that there was an overall decrease in staff in post over the period of Job group | 2006 | 20 0 7 | 2008 | 2009 Area/District Manager | 174.39 | 185.60 | 198.74 | 160.78 Assistant Chief Officer | 306.50 | 300.68 | 269.38 | 281.66 Chief Officer | 42.00 | 42.00 | 42.00 | 42.00 Deputy Chief Officer | 80.35 | 72.17 | 53.50 | 42.81 Middle Manager | 1,616.55 | 1,596.22 | 1,799.58 | Other operational staff | 618.19 | 615.76 | 711.82 | Other staff | 175.12 | 114.57 | 191.84 | 234.08 Practice Development Assessor | 192.35 | 171.89 | 174.61 | 104.16 Probation Officer | 5,398.88 | 5,368.16 | 5,363.77 | Probation Services Officer | 6,326.01 | 6,060.30 | 5,609.96 | Psychologist | 27.50 | 17.20 | 20.04 | 15.02 Senior practitioner | 286.77 | 258.05 | 220.02 | 183.08 Support staff—administration | 4,564.31 | 4,494.75 | 4,643.23 | Support staff—other | 251.27 | 297.54 | 749.43 | Trainee Probation Officer | 1,134.09 | 1,138.00 | 903.04 | 402.90 Treatment Manager | 176.70 | 161.47 | 186.71 | 177.99 Not recorded | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 5.82 Sum | 21,370.98 | 20,894.36 | 21,139.67 | The correct answer should have been: | The staff in post figures for the probation service by job group at 31 December 2006-09 are shown in the following table. The table shows that there was an overall decrease in staff in post over the period of 1,315.99 FTE (down 6.2%). Job group | 2006 | 20 0 7 | 2008 | 2009 Area/District Manager | 174.39 | 185.60 | 198.74 | 160.78 Assistant Chief Officer | 306.50 | 300.68 | 269.38 | 281.66 Chief Officer | 42.00 | 42.00 | 42.00 | 42.00 Deputy Chief Officer | 80.35 | 72.17 | 53.50 | 42.81 Middle Manager | 1,616.55 | 1,596.22 | 1,799.58 | 1,718.81 Other operational staff | 618.19 | 615.76 | 711.82 | 694.14 Other staff | 175.12 | 114.57 | 191.84 | 234.08 Practice Development Assessor | 192.35 | 171.89 | 174.61 | 104.16 Probation Officer | 5,398.88 | 5,368.16 | 5,363.77 | 5,322.06 Probation Services Officer | 6,326.01 | 6,060.30 | 5,609.96 | 5,595.20 Psychologist | 27.50 | 17.20 | 20.04 | 15.02 Senior practitioner | 286.77 | 258.05 | 220.02 | 183.08 Support staff—administration | 4,564.31 | 4,494.75 | 4,643.23 | 4,345.15 Support staff—other | 251.27 | 297.54 | 749.43 | 729.33 Trainee Probation Officer | 1,134.09 | 1,138.00 | 903.04 | 402.90 Treatment Manager | 176.70 | 161.47 | 186.71 | 177.99 Not recorded | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 5.82 Sum | 21,370.98 | 20,894.36 | 21,139.67 | 20,054.99 |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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