Long-term deal for Probation Service

The new long-term deal covering 6,500 staff, both manual and non-manual, in

the Probation Service provides for increases of 3% from 1 April 2000, 2% from 1 March 2001 and a final stage of 2% from 1 November 2001. The settlement includes a commitment to develop a revised salary structure, applies the above increases to London Weighting, increases sleeping-in allowances to o26 from 1 July 2000 and then o28 from 1 July 2001, and increases standby allowances to o20 from 1 July 2000 and o22 from 1 July 2001.

Probation service grades

Probation Officer £18,057 - £24,354

Probation Service Officers £11,775 - £19,563

Senior Probation Officers £23,169 - £27,723

Area Managers £25,599 - £32,181

APT&C Scale 1 £9,090 - £11,427

APT&C Scale 2 £11,427 - £12,012

APT&C Scale 3 £12,255 - £13,137

APT&C Scale 4 £13,398 - £14,949

APT&C Scale 5 £15,252 - £16,845

APT&C Scale 6 £17,361 - £18,432

SO1 £19,182 - £20,562

SO2 £20,976 - £22,269

Principal Officer Range £21,615 - £32,505