I hope that I can offer the Committee reassurance, but I am not entirely sure that that reassurance will be in the direction in which my hon. Friend was looking. There has been a significant change over the years in the way in which the probation service has been organised. There has been a growth in the use of probation service officers to support trained probation officers in their work. That means that probation officers no longer have sole responsibility for working with offenders. The role of probation service officers varies widely; it includes qualified psychologists and people running accredited offender behaviour programmes. Similarly, they are able to receive training in producing reports. The Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 acknowledges and recognises those changes and has moved away from prescribing certain functions to specific officers.