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Police Manpower

Mr. Alex Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the manpower of each police force in respect of (a) number of police officers and (b) number of civilian support staff on 1 November for each of the last five years for which figures are available. [8809]

Mr. Maclean [holding answer 16 December 1996]: Information on police strength was collected at the end of each month until April 1995. Data on police service strength are now collected twice a year, March and September. Information for the last five years is in the table.

Between October 1992 and September 1996, the total number of constables in England and Wales increased by 1,692 to 98,017. This is a record high number of constables.

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Police officer and civilian strength 1992 to 1996

Force31 October 1992(41) 31 October 1993(41)31 October 1994(41) 30 September 1995(41) 30 September 1996(41)
PoliceCiviliansPoliceCiviliansPoliceCiviliansPoliceCiviliansPoliceCivilians
Avon and Somerset3,0681,2543,0481,3383,0251,3252,9861,2943,0041,315
Bedfordshire1,1294201,1574391,1234771,1165191,118528
Cambridgeshire1,2624911,2784881,2704881,2545461,253597
Cheshire1,8885811,8586151,9136411,9517302.016791
City of London801378878384889332869338868335
Cleveland1,4904911,4305211,4425251,4305751,444623
Cumbria1,1924461,2054591,1794841,1444621,124457
Derbyshire1,8036351,7866571,8036701,7627511,795737
Devon and Cornwall2,9181,1822,9171,2132,8851,2242,8721,2372,8761,283
Dorset1,3176301,3026251,2876651,2726711,262678
Durham1,3905631,3795601,3575081,3775261,426563
Dyfed Powys966287968304980311977335998354
Essex2,9631,2002,9641,2792,9091,3292,8971,2702,9271,400
Gloucestershire1,1544111,1444201,1714251,1424641,139460
Greater Manchester7,0842,6937,0752,8156,9802,8807,0262,9046,9612,922
Gwent1,0083469963501,0043501,0063801,231497
Hampshire3,2691,1693,2721,2123,2591,3173,3071,4093,3621,429
Hertfordshire1,6906651,6936691,6916991,7049211,721863
Humberside2,0277602,0297332,0387082,0256702,042772
Kent3,0991,2303,1831,2283,1371,1813,1001,2903,2271,332
Lancashire3,2031,1903,1491,1643,1961,2433,1951,4193,2031,320
Leicestershire1,8467581,8297241,8357551,8607471,933776
Lincolnshire1,1885091,2125161,2145281,1644521,157513
Merseyside4,6871,7574,6901,7814,6881,7734,5361,7974,2711,825
Metropolitan27,80416,20527,69516.32427.62715.76727.39516.76227.04915,353
Norfolk1,4194991,4375311,4195481,3925531,399616
Northamptonshire1,1974671,1905181,1715001,1614921,186583
Northumbria3,5781,3813,5951,3303,5931,3973,6111,4023,6931,332
North Wales1,3694911,3595071,3694841,3524721,381554
North Yorkshire1,4114831,3494641,3235221,3115371,334623
Nottinghamshire2,3438022,3608712,3459342,3141,0222,3391,058
South Wales3,1821,1803,1591,2793,0481,2152,9541,2402,9131,233
South Yorkshire3,0139863,0221,2113,0301,2833,0411,2923,1281,398
Staffordshire2,1967812,1947732,2077632,1908002,220794
Suffolk1,2405561,2245431,2095441,1585201,159532
Surrey1,6846501,6637091,6737211,6567961,652793
Sussex3,0071,1312,9771,1532,9491,1823,0201,2193,0971,310
Thames Valley3,8431,6033,8861,6473,8871,7673,7601,9133,6821,972
Warwickshire1,0073561,0313641,038363983412948406
West Mercia2,0619672,0579692,0429952,0081,0382,0111,002
West Midlands6,9352,7176,9612,7296,9912,8597,0782,9577,2032,611
West Yorkshire5,0952,0345,0052,0325,0362,0925,1222,1495,1542,224
Wiltshire1,2575231,2725161,2605011,2365211,166514
Total126,04353,858125,87854,953125,49255,275124,71057,790125,05057,278

(41) Strength information is collected on the last day of the month. Civilian strength includes traffic wardens.

(42) Since April 1995 information on police numbers is collected only twice a year (March and September).


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Disabled Prisoners

Mr. Alex Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many registered disabled prisoners were in each of Her Majesty's prisons on the last date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement; [9086]

Miss Widdecombe [holding answer 17 December 1996]: Responsibility for these matters has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. Alex Carlile, dated 18 December 1996:




Mr. Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which prisons have been adapted to hold (a) disabled prisoners who require wheelchair access and (b) other physically disabled prisoners; what adaptations have been made to the prisons; and if he will make a statement. [9088]

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Miss Widdecombe [holding answer 17 December 1996]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. Alex Carlile, dated 18 December 1996:




Staff

Mr. Hain: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) permanent and (b) non-permanent staff there have been in (i) his Department and (ii) executive agencies of his Department in each year since 1992. [9666]

Mr. Howard: The tables set out available information for the Home Office and its executive agencies. The information for the agencies has been provided by the chief executives of the United Kingdom Passport Agency and the Fire Service College, the Director General of the Forensic Science Service and the Director General of the Prison Service. The information for the non- Prison Service Home Office gives the position as at 20 November and that for the Prison Service gives the position as at 2 December. Non-permanent staff include casuals, certain industrial staff and those staff having neither an established nor a fixed-term employment status.

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For the purpose of producing statistics on civil service staff, fixed-term appointees are regarded as permanent staff, and are, therefore, included in the figures for permanent staff given. Information under (b) for the years prior to 1996 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Table 1: Home Office excluding agencies

(a) Permanent staff(b) Non-permanent staff
19969,280373
19959,252--
199410,367--
19939,378--
199212.069--

The 1992 figures predate the formation of the Forensic Science Service as an executive agency: staff who formed the agency on the 1 April 1992 are therefore included in these figures.


Table 2: Forensic Science Service

(a) Permanent staff(b) Non-permanent staff
19961,1978
1995725--
1994706--
1993646--

The 1996 figure includes staff joining the FSS from the Metropolitan Police Laboratory. Figures for 1993-95 are taken from MANDATE returns to Cabinet Office.


Table 3: Fire Service College

(a) Permanent staff(b) Non-permanent staff
19961799
19951895
19941815
1993152--

Figures for 1993 are taken from MANDATE returns to Cabinet Office.


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Table 4: United Kingdom Passport Agency

(a) Permanent staff(b) Non-permanent staff
19961,525465
19951,411315
19941,352201
19931,474116
19921,30492

Table 5: Her Majesty's Prison Service

(a) Permanent staff(b) Non-permanent staff
1996(43)40,505900
199539,275--
199438,964--
199338,008--
199233,606--

(43) The information has been taken from the Prison Service personnel information system which is currently being updated using a new computer system.


Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for his Department (a) how many people in total are employed, (b) how many of the total number of staff are (i) male and (ii) female and (c) how many (I) men and (II) women are employed on a (1) full-time and (2) part-time basis. [7487]

Mr. Howard: The table sets out the available information for the Home Office and the executive agencies. The information for the agencies has been provided by the chief executives of the United Kingdom Passport Agency and the Fire Service College, the Director General of the Forensic Science Service, and the Director General of the Prison Service. This information gives the position as at 16 December. The Prison Service is in the process of transferring to a new establishment-based computer system for the provision of personnel information.

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AreaMale Female Total
Full-timePart-timeTotalFull-timePart-timeTotal
Home Office Main4,476434,5193,6166794,2958,814
Her Majesty's Prison Service30,2191,05231,2717,0581,4258,48339,754
Forensic Science Service59635995161416571,256
Fire Service College109111079887197
United Kingdom Passport Agency520245447822341,1061,560
Total35,9201,12337,04312,0512,48714,62851,581

Home Office figures are for permanent non-industrial staff.



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