District General Secretary Youth Congress Udham Singh Nagar Uttarakhand
TheInner London Probation Service existed until 31 March 2001 when it was succeeded by the largerLondon Probation Area. Its final Chief Probation Officer was John Harding, later visiting professor at theUniversity of Hertfordshire. He succeeded Graham Smith, who went on to be the Chief Inspector of Probation inEngland andWales and wasknighted towards the end of his career. Seldon Charles Forrester Farmer, OBE was the longest serving Principal Probation Officer for London from 1948 - 1970 when he retired.[1][2] Seldon Farmer was previously the Principal Probation Officer for the County ofBerkshire and the Chair ofNapo (trade union) from 1946 - 1949.[3][4]
At an earlier point it was known as the Inner London Probation and After Care Service.
Its boundaries were the same asILEA (the Inner London Education Service) and it consisted of the 12 InnerLondon boroughs.
A book about its early years was written by a former employee. It is now called the London Probation Service and includes some of the outer London Boroughs.[18]
^Page, Martin (1992).Crimefighters of London: a history of the origins and development of the London Probation Service, 1876 - 1965. London: Inner London Probation Service.ISBN0951671103.
