Home Office Circulars and Correspondence
| Date | 01 February 1942 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455054200301702 |
| Published date | 01 February 1942 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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HOME
OFFICE
CIRCULARS
and
CORRESPONDENCE
815,475/23.
:&Hh
January,
L942.
Dear
Mr.
Norman,
Deferment
of
National
Service.
Full-tixme
probation
officers
(whether
temporary
or
permanent)
who
receive
a
notice
from
their
local
oi~ce
of
the
Ministry
of
Labour
and
National
Service
stating
that
in
consequence
of
the
progressive
raising
of
the
age
of
reservation
they
are
de-reserved
as
from
a
certain
date
should,
in
the
interest
of
the
Probation
Service,
at
once
communicate
the
facts
to
the
Secretary
of
their
Probation
Committee.
’1’he
Home
Office
has
aireadv
circ~ularised
the
appointing
authorities
who
will
be
aware
of
the
action
called
for
in
such
circumstances.
A.
E.
CATTLE
491,688/81.
24th
December,
194L
Dear
Mr.
Norman,
Windyridge
Farm
Approved
Probation
Home.
Following
the
recent
removal
of- the
~ban
on
visits
to
the
East
Coast
the
Secretary
of
State
has
considered
the
position
of
tins
Home
and
has
decided
that
it
may
again
be
approv ed
for
the
reception
of
boys
over
the
age
of
16
and
under
21
,who
have
been
placed
on
probation
with
a
condition
of
residence.
The
position
will,
of
course,
have
to
~be
reviewed
from
time
to
titm;a
iu
view&dquo;
of
the
international
situation.
D.
Vl.
RO SLING.
681,Or(~/4~.
21st
November,
1941.
Dear
iller.
Norman,
Since
the
Home
OtTice
circular
of
the :27th
September
(about
the
destruction
of
certain
records
in
the
custody
of
Justices’
Clerks),
was
issued
we
have
had
one
or
two
inquiries
about
probation
records.
As
you
know,
Rule
56
of
the
Probation
Rules,
1926,
provides
that
proba-
tion
records
should
be
kept
for
ten
years,
but
in
viev
of
the
need
for
waste
paper
at
the
present
time
the
rule
will
be
amended
at
the
earliest
opportunity.
Meanwhile
we
are
telling
inquirers
that
w e
shall
n~L
t
obj.ect
to
their
giving
up
at
once
any
records
completed
before
the
end
of
1936,
and
we
are
wondering
wlhether
you
would
be
w illing
to
mention
the
matter
in
&dquo;
Probation.&dquo;
It
would
be
most
useful
if
you
could
refer
to
the
need
for
waste
paper
and
then
go
on
to
say
that
you
understand
that
the
Rule
is
to
be
amended
and
that
the
Home
Office
in
í:U1SWer
to
inquiries
has
indicated
that
in
the
meantime
no
objection
will
be
raised
if
probation
committees
authorise
the
destruc-
tion
of
records
completed
before
the
end
of
1936
It
might
be
as
well
to
add
a
note
about
the
desirability
of
ensuring
that
no
confidential
matter
can
1e
read
bv
unauthorised
persons.
I
hope
this
isn’t
too
tall
an
order,
but
it
will
help
the
waste
paper
campaign
and
may
save, paper
from
being
wasted
iii
correspondence.
C
,1.
COLI., 11’(:1’:
82U,(~11~54.
2Ut12
December,
1941.
5ir
(or
Madam),
I
arm
directed
by
the
Secretary
of
State
to
say
that
he
has
had
under
consideration
the
effect
on
Approved
Probation
Homes
and
Hostels
for girls
of
the
R.egistra-
tion
for
Employment
Order,
1941,
and
has
been
in
communication
on
the
subject
with
the
Minister
of
Labour
and
National
Service.
While
residence
in
an
Approved
Home
or
Hostel
will
not,
of
course,
have
the
effect
of
exempting
any
girl
from
the
obligations
imposed
by
the
Order,
consid-
eration
will
be,
given
to
the
purpose
for
which
she
was
admitted
and
so
far
as
is
possible
the
period
of
her
residence
will
not
be
curtailecl.
Persons
in
charge
of
Approved
Homes
and
Hostels
should
make
sure
that
girls
in
their
charge
who
are
witlrin
the
scope
of
any
notice
under
which
registra-
ton
is
required,
duly
register
at
the
Local
Offi(-,e
of
the
Ministry
of
Labour
and
National
Service.
N<>
other
action
need
be
taken
at
the
time
of
registration,
but
when
any
girl
is
required
to
attend
air
interview’
t’or
the
purpose
of
ascertaining
the
kind
of
employment
for
which
she
is
most
suitable,
the
person
in
charge
ol
the
Home or
Hostel
will
receive
a
c:ommunieation
from
the
.Ministry
of
Labour
asking
whether
it
is
desired
to
bring
any
facts
to
their
notice
affecting
the
girl’s
position
with
regard
to
employment.
it
should
be
made
clear
to
the
Local
Otlice
of
the
Ministry
that
the
girl
has been
admitted
to
an
Approved
Home or
Hostel
for
training
and
discipline.
The
probable
period
ot
her
residence
should
be
stated.
When a,
girl
who
has
registered
under
the
Order
leaves
a
Home
or
Hostel
the
Local
Office
of
the
Ministry
should
be
notified
immediately
of
the
date
on
which
she
left
and
of
the
address
to
which
she
has
gone.
D.
1B1.
EOSLING.
The
Superintendent.
829,011/56.
~3rd
January,
I~~42.
1>ear
Mr.
Norman,
In
case
any
members
of
the
Probation
Service
should
be
interested
I
enclose
some
copies
of
a
Board
of
Trade
leaflet *
about
the
Private
Chattels
Scheme,
W~ii-
Damage
Insurance.
We
have
been
informed
by
the
Board
that
cars
owned
by
Probation
Officers,
whether
or
not
an
allowance
is
paid
when
the
cars
are
used
in
the
performance
of
official
duties,
are
eligible
for
insurance
under
this
Scheme,
and
not
under
the
Business
Scheme.
The
point
as
regards
Probation
Officers
was
raised
with
the
Board
of
Trade. A
B
&dquo;
Practical
I’oint &dquo;
in
the
&dquo;
Justice
of
the
Peace,&dquo;
dated
the
28t,h-
June,
1941,
had
shown
that
Local
Government
officers
benefited in
this
way.
The
maximim
free
compensation
for
a
car
bein~
only
t25
some
Probation
Officers
might
think
such
insurance
worth
considering,
but
at
this
stage
you
may
not
think
it
worth
while
inserting
a
note
on
the
subject
in &dquo;
Probation.&dquo;
~. E. CATTL~.
Att
Explanatory
Memorandum
on
the
Private
Chattels
Schema
under
the
War
Damage
Act,
1941
(Part
II).
It
refers
to
the
limits
of free
compensation
and
the
method
of
effecting
insur-
ance
above
that
limit.
Copies
can
~be
obtained
from
47
il~l&dquo;i i t Pl i a 1 1 S
~~’
1
(WI
ap~lit3s~f iryl.
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