House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 14 Dec 1999 (pt 15)

Police Officers

Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he intends to publish the figures for (a) the number of police officers per police force and in total on 30 September, (b) the change in the number of police officers per force and in total between September 1998 and September 1999 and (c) the change in the number of police officers per force and in total between March 1997 and September 1999; and if he will make a statement. [102669]

Mr. Charles Clarke: Information on the numbers of police officers in England and Wales as at 30 September 1999 is not yet available. We hope to release the information requested in January, once the data for September 1999 are complete and have been validated.

Curfew Orders

Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the rules are governing the employment of responsible officers for the monitoring of curfew orders; and if he will make a statement. [102656]

Mr. Charles Clarke: Three private sector contractors provide the electronic monitoring service in England and Wales. This includes the Home Detention Curfew scheme, the monitoring of curfew orders under the Criminal

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Justice Act 1991, which became available throughout England and Wales on 1 December, and the existing trials of curfew orders under the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997.

Responsible officers are employees of the electronic monitoring contractors. Approval is required from the Home Office prior to the appointment of any member of staff. Such approval is subject to security vetting by the National Information Service and, where appropriate, the Department of Health.

For the purposes of curfew orders, each contractor designates employees who act as responsible officers for those offenders receiving a curfew order. More than one employee can be designated as a responsible officer. Responsible officers are responsible before the courts for the monitoring of those subject to a curfew order, and for attending court to make applications for summons, warrants, revocations and amendments to the order, to report violations, to present evidence for enforcement action and other matters as necessary.

Police Force Expenditure

Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000 and (d) as planned for 2000-01, was the (i) cash change, (ii) real terms change and (iii) real terms change from the previous year in each case after taking into account the cost of police pensions, in each case, for each police force and in total; and if he will make a statement. [102648]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The information in respect of 1997-98, 1998-99 and 1999-2000, which has been compiled from the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy's Police Statistics, is set out in the tables. Information in respect of 2000-01 is not yet available as police authorities have not yet set their budgets for that year.

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Police force net expenditure, and percentage change in cash terms 1997-98 to 1999-2000

1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000

£000 (±%) £000 (±%) £000 (±%)

Avon and Somerset 152,673 0.4 167,417 9.7 174,424 4.2

Bedfordshire 58,570 3.4 62,317 6.4 64,027 2.7

Cambridgeshire 68,681 5.6 71,230 3.7 75,363 5.8

Cheshire 104,005 10.4 106,523 2.4 111,094 4.3

City of London 57,893 1.0 60,862 5.1 58,719 -3.5

Cleveland 75,426 3.2 82,282 9.1 85,397 3.8

Cumbria 61,709 8.5 63,000 2.1 64,693 2.7

Derbyshire 95,641 5.8 100,894 5.5 107,035 6.1

Devon and Cornwall 155,435 3.4 167,117 7.5 173,649 3.9

Dorset 69,727 2.8 73,497 5.4 77,749 5.8

Durham 75,166 10.5 78,103 3.9 80,712 3.3

Dyfed-Powys 50,952 6.4 52,609 3.3 56,143 6.7

Essex 157,487 4.0 168,889 7.2 171,590 1.6

Gloucestershire 58,633 0.4 63,780 8.8 65,933 3.4

Greater Manchester 353,319 3.6 371,497 5.1 387,256 4.2

Gwent 64,598 11.9 67,919 5.1 71,414 5.1

Hampshire 180,791 4.6 190,920 5.6 196,955 3.2

Hertfordshire 93,011 4.7 97,589 5.2 102,361 4.6

Humberside 106,220 6.5 111,587 5.1 114,306 2.4

Kent 174,211 7.8 178,916 2.7 186,225 4.1

Lancashire 169,275 4.6 178,051 5.2 182,679 2.6

Leicestershire 98,789 6.4 102,707 4.0 106,279 3.5

Lincolnshire 66,184 7.6 68,322 3.2 69,970 2.4

Merseyside 224,327 1.4 245,277 9.3 249,522 1.7

Metropolitan Police 1,676,617 -0.4 1,778,001 6.0 1,840,245 3.5

Norfolk 80,222 6.2 82,339 2.6 86,870 5.5

Northamptonshire 64,605 9.0 67,134 3.9 70,432 4.9

Northumbria 195,092 4.7 205,380 5.3 213,010 3.7

North Wales 70,920 3.9 75,075 5.9 80,505 7.2

North Yorkshire 71,840 7.2 75,638 5.3 78,085 3.2

Nottinghamshire 120,556 6.1 124,828 3.5 130,173 4.3

South Wales 159,411 8.1 163,430 2.5 169,968 4.0

South Yorkshire 166,027 10.0 168,205 1.3 173,933 3.4

Staffordshire 110,264 2.3 122,540 11.1 127,472 4.0

Suffolk 63,676 4.5 65,785 3.3 70,538 7.2

Surrey 90,976 6.6 90,738 -0.3 100,375 10.6

Sussex 157,631 4.7 162,664 3.2 165,804 1.9

Thames Valley 210,333 4.4 221,147 5.1 232,729 5.2

Warwickshire 51,003 7.0 53,617 5.1 56,157 4.7

West Mercia 107,788 5.6 112,879 4.7 116,490 3.2

West Midlands 360,129 6.5 372,296 3.4 380,971 2.3

West Yorkshire 281,745 6.2 280,739 -0.4 288,865 2.9

Wiltshire 58,535 -2.4 66,666 13.9 69,715 4.6

Total 6,870,093 3.8 7,220,676 5.1 7,485,832 3.7

	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000
	£000	(±%)	£000	(±%)	£000	(±%)
Avon and Somerset	152,673	0.4	167,417	9.7	174,424	4.2
Bedfordshire	58,570	3.4	62,317	6.4	64,027	2.7
Cambridgeshire	68,681	5.6	71,230	3.7	75,363	5.8
Cheshire	104,005	10.4	106,523	2.4	111,094	4.3
City of London	57,893	1.0	60,862	5.1	58,719	-3.5
Cleveland	75,426	3.2	82,282	9.1	85,397	3.8
Cumbria	61,709	8.5	63,000	2.1	64,693	2.7
Derbyshire	95,641	5.8	100,894	5.5	107,035	6.1
Devon and Cornwall	155,435	3.4	167,117	7.5	173,649	3.9
Dorset	69,727	2.8	73,497	5.4	77,749	5.8
Durham	75,166	10.5	78,103	3.9	80,712	3.3
Dyfed-Powys	50,952	6.4	52,609	3.3	56,143	6.7
Essex	157,487	4.0	168,889	7.2	171,590	1.6
Gloucestershire	58,633	0.4	63,780	8.8	65,933	3.4
Greater Manchester	353,319	3.6	371,497	5.1	387,256	4.2
Gwent	64,598	11.9	67,919	5.1	71,414	5.1
Hampshire	180,791	4.6	190,920	5.6	196,955	3.2
Hertfordshire	93,011	4.7	97,589	5.2	102,361	4.6
Humberside	106,220	6.5	111,587	5.1	114,306	2.4
Kent	174,211	7.8	178,916	2.7	186,225	4.1
Lancashire	169,275	4.6	178,051	5.2	182,679	2.6
Leicestershire	98,789	6.4	102,707	4.0	106,279	3.5
Lincolnshire	66,184	7.6	68,322	3.2	69,970	2.4
Merseyside	224,327	1.4	245,277	9.3	249,522	1.7
Metropolitan Police	1,676,617	-0.4	1,778,001	6.0	1,840,245	3.5
Norfolk	80,222	6.2	82,339	2.6	86,870	5.5
Northamptonshire	64,605	9.0	67,134	3.9	70,432	4.9
Northumbria	195,092	4.7	205,380	5.3	213,010	3.7
North Wales	70,920	3.9	75,075	5.9	80,505	7.2
North Yorkshire	71,840	7.2	75,638	5.3	78,085	3.2
Nottinghamshire	120,556	6.1	124,828	3.5	130,173	4.3
South Wales	159,411	8.1	163,430	2.5	169,968	4.0
South Yorkshire	166,027	10.0	168,205	1.3	173,933	3.4
Staffordshire	110,264	2.3	122,540	11.1	127,472	4.0
Suffolk	63,676	4.5	65,785	3.3	70,538	7.2
Surrey	90,976	6.6	90,738	-0.3	100,375	10.6
Sussex	157,631	4.7	162,664	3.2	165,804	1.9
Thames Valley	210,333	4.4	221,147	5.1	232,729	5.2
Warwickshire	51,003	7.0	53,617	5.1	56,157	4.7
West Mercia	107,788	5.6	112,879	4.7	116,490	3.2
West Midlands	360,129	6.5	372,296	3.4	380,971	2.3
West Yorkshire	281,745	6.2	280,739	-0.4	288,865	2.9
Wiltshire	58,535	-2.4	66,666	13.9	69,715	4.6

Total	6,870,093	3.8	7,220,676	5.1	7,485,832	3.7

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Police force net expenditure, and percentage change in real terms 1997-98 to 1999-2000

1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000

£000 (±%) £000 (±%) £000 (±%)

Avon and Somerset 152,673 -2.3 167,417 6.9 174,424 1.9

Bedfordshire 58,570 0.6 62,317 3.8 64,027 0.5

Cambridgeshire 68,681 2.8 71,230 1.1 75,363 3.5

Cheshire 104,005 7.4 106,523 -0.1 111,094 2.0

City of London 57,893 -1.7 60,862 2.5 58,719 -5.6

Cleveland 75,426 0.4 82,282 6.4 85,397 1.5

Cumbria 61,709 5.6 63,000 -0.4 64,693 0.4

Derbyshire 95,641 2.9 100,894 2.9 107,035 3.8

Devon and Cornwall 155,435 0.6 167,117 4.9 173,649 1.6

Dorset 69,727 0.0 73,497 2.8 77,749 3.5

Durham 75,166 7.5 78,103 1.3 80,712 1.1

Dyfed-Powys 50,952 3.6 52,609 0.7 56,143 4.4

Essex 157,487 1.2 168,889 4.6 171,590 -0.6

Gloucestershire 58,633 -2.4 63,780 6.1 65,933 1.1

Greater Manchester 353,319 0.8 371,497 2.5 387,256 1.9

Gwent 64,598 8.8 67,919 2.5 71,414 2.8

Hampshire 180,791 1.8 190,920 3.0 196,955 0.9

Hertfordshire 93,011 1.8 97,859 2.6 102,361 2.3

Humberside 106,220 3.6 111,587 2.5 114,306 0.2

Kent 174,211 4.9 178,916 0.2 186,225 1.8

Lancashire 169,275 1.7 178,051 2.6 182,679 0.3

Leicestershire 98,789 3.5 102,707 1.4 106,279 1.2

Lincolnshire 66,184 4.7 68,322 0.7 69,970 0.2

Merseyside 224,327 -1.3 245,277 6.6 249,522 -0.5

Metropolitan Police 1,676,617 -3.1 1,778,001 3.4 1,840,245 1.2

Norfolk 80,222 3.3 82,339 0.1 86,870 3.2

Northamptonshire 64,605 6.1 67,134 1.3 70,432 2.6

Northumbria 195,092 1.8 205,380 2.7 213,010 1.4

North Wales 70,920 1.1 75,075 3.2 80,505 4.9

North Yorkshire 71,840 4.3 75,638 2.7 78,085 1.0

Nottinghamshire 120,556 3.3 124,828 1.0 130,173 2.0

South Wales 159,411 5.2 163,430 0.0 169,968 1.7

South Yorkshire 166,027 7.0 168,205 -1.2 173,933 1.1

Staffordshire 110,264 -0.5 122,540 8.4 127,472 1.7

Suffolk 63,676 1.6 65,785 0.8 70,538 4.9

Surrey 90,976 3.7 90,738 -2.7 375 8.2

Sussex 157,631 1.8 162,664 0.6 165,804 -0.3

Thames Valley 210,333 1.6 221,147 2.5 232,729 2.9

Warwickshire 51,003 4.1 53,617 2.5 56,157 2.4

West Mercia 107,788 2.7 112,879 2.1 116,490 0.9

West Midlands 360,129 3.7 372,296 0.8 380,971 0.1

West Yorkshire 281,745 3.3 280,739 -2.8 288,865 0.6

Wiltshire 58,535 -5.1 66,666 11.1 69,715 2.3

Total 6,870,093 1.0 7,220,676 2.5 7,485,832 1.4

	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000
	£000	(±%)	£000	(±%)	£000	(±%)
Avon and Somerset	152,673	-2.3	167,417	6.9	174,424	1.9
Bedfordshire	58,570	0.6	62,317	3.8	64,027	0.5
Cambridgeshire	68,681	2.8	71,230	1.1	75,363	3.5
Cheshire	104,005	7.4	106,523	-0.1	111,094	2.0
City of London	57,893	-1.7	60,862	2.5	58,719	-5.6
Cleveland	75,426	0.4	82,282	6.4	85,397	1.5
Cumbria	61,709	5.6	63,000	-0.4	64,693	0.4
Derbyshire	95,641	2.9	100,894	2.9	107,035	3.8
Devon and Cornwall	155,435	0.6	167,117	4.9	173,649	1.6
Dorset	69,727	0.0	73,497	2.8	77,749	3.5
Durham	75,166	7.5	78,103	1.3	80,712	1.1
Dyfed-Powys	50,952	3.6	52,609	0.7	56,143	4.4
Essex	157,487	1.2	168,889	4.6	171,590	-0.6
Gloucestershire	58,633	-2.4	63,780	6.1	65,933	1.1
Greater Manchester	353,319	0.8	371,497	2.5	387,256	1.9
Gwent	64,598	8.8	67,919	2.5	71,414	2.8
Hampshire	180,791	1.8	190,920	3.0	196,955	0.9
Hertfordshire	93,011	1.8	97,859	2.6	102,361	2.3
Humberside	106,220	3.6	111,587	2.5	114,306	0.2
Kent	174,211	4.9	178,916	0.2	186,225	1.8
Lancashire	169,275	1.7	178,051	2.6	182,679	0.3
Leicestershire	98,789	3.5	102,707	1.4	106,279	1.2
Lincolnshire	66,184	4.7	68,322	0.7	69,970	0.2
Merseyside	224,327	-1.3	245,277	6.6	249,522	-0.5
Metropolitan Police	1,676,617	-3.1	1,778,001	3.4	1,840,245	1.2
Norfolk	80,222	3.3	82,339	0.1	86,870	3.2
Northamptonshire	64,605	6.1	67,134	1.3	70,432	2.6
Northumbria	195,092	1.8	205,380	2.7	213,010	1.4
North Wales	70,920	1.1	75,075	3.2	80,505	4.9
North Yorkshire	71,840	4.3	75,638	2.7	78,085	1.0
Nottinghamshire	120,556	3.3	124,828	1.0	130,173	2.0
South Wales	159,411	5.2	163,430	0.0	169,968	1.7
South Yorkshire	166,027	7.0	168,205	-1.2	173,933	1.1
Staffordshire	110,264	-0.5	122,540	8.4	127,472	1.7
Suffolk	63,676	1.6	65,785	0.8	70,538	4.9
Surrey	90,976	3.7	90,738	-2.7	375	8.2
Sussex	157,631	1.8	162,664	0.6	165,804	-0.3
Thames Valley	210,333	1.6	221,147	2.5	232,729	2.9
Warwickshire	51,003	4.1	53,617	2.5	56,157	2.4
West Mercia	107,788	2.7	112,879	2.1	116,490	0.9
West Midlands	360,129	3.7	372,296	0.8	380,971	0.1
West Yorkshire	281,745	3.3	280,739	-2.8	288,865	0.6
Wiltshire	58,535	-5.1	66,666	11.1	69,715	2.3

Total	6,870,093	1.0	7,220,676	2.5	7,485,832	1.4

Notes:

1997-98--CIPFA Police Statistics Actuals

1998-99 and 1999-2000 CIPFA Police Statistics Estimates

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Police force net expenditure 1997-98 to 1999-2000: Percentageincrease in real terms excluding pensions expenditure

1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000

Avon and Somerset -4.0 6.8 1.6

Bedfordshire -1.6 4.2 -1.5

Cambridgeshire 1.7 1.1 1.8

Cheshire 4.0 0.4 0.3

City of London -3.0 1.5 -6.3

Cleveland 1.5 3.3 -2.8

Cumbria 5.7 -1.6 -.06

Derbyshire 2.0 2.1 3.3

Devon and Cornwall -0.5 4.5 1.0

Dorset -2.0 2.9 1.5

Durham 1.6 6.1 3.4

Dyfed-Powys 4.0 -0.5 4.0

Essex 0.0 3.9 -0.9

Gloucestershire -1.8 4.7 1.8

Greater Manchester -2.3 3.2 1.2

Gwent 6.6 3.1 3.2

Hampshire 1.7 1.9 0.1

Hertfordshire 1.0 2.5 -0.6

Humberside 1.0 3.6 -1.6

Kent 2.1 -0.1 0.4

Lancashire 1.4 2.9 0.2

Leicestershire n/a n/a 1.2

Lincolnshire 3.1 -0.2 -1.5

Merseyside -0.3 6.3 -0.7

Metropolitan Police -4.4 2.9 0.2

Norfolk 2.9 1.3 2.2

Northamptonshire 0.0 2.1 5.1

Northumbria 3.8 0.9 2.0

North Wales 2.7 3.5 1.0

North Yorkshire 0.8 3.1 1.2

Nottinghamshire 0.1 2.2 1.4

South Wales 0.6 2.9 2.8

South Yorkshire 2.8 1.0 0.4

Staffordshire -3.9 7.1 3.7

Suffolk 1.5 1.2 4.0

Surrey -0.9 -0.7 9.6

Sussex 1.2 -1.3 -1.1

Thames Valley Police 0.1 3.4 2.0

Warwickshire -1.7 5.3 -0.9

West Mercia 1.8 2.3 -0.3

West Midlands 1.3 1.7 -0.5

West Yorkshire 1.6 -3.0 -0.5

Wiltshire -2.3 10.2 2.0

Total -0.5 2.3 0.6

	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000
Avon and Somerset	-4.0	6.8	1.6
Bedfordshire	-1.6	4.2	-1.5
Cambridgeshire	1.7	1.1	1.8
Cheshire	4.0	0.4	0.3
City of London	-3.0	1.5	-6.3
Cleveland	1.5	3.3	-2.8
Cumbria	5.7	-1.6	-.06
Derbyshire	2.0	2.1	3.3
Devon and Cornwall	-0.5	4.5	1.0
Dorset	-2.0	2.9	1.5
Durham	1.6	6.1	3.4
Dyfed-Powys	4.0	-0.5	4.0
Essex	0.0	3.9	-0.9
Gloucestershire	-1.8	4.7	1.8
Greater Manchester	-2.3	3.2	1.2
Gwent	6.6	3.1	3.2
Hampshire	1.7	1.9	0.1
Hertfordshire	1.0	2.5	-0.6
Humberside	1.0	3.6	-1.6
Kent	2.1	-0.1	0.4
Lancashire	1.4	2.9	0.2
Leicestershire	n/a	n/a	1.2
Lincolnshire	3.1	-0.2	-1.5
Merseyside	-0.3	6.3	-0.7
Metropolitan Police	-4.4	2.9	0.2
Norfolk	2.9	1.3	2.2
Northamptonshire	0.0	2.1	5.1
Northumbria	3.8	0.9	2.0
North Wales	2.7	3.5	1.0
North Yorkshire	0.8	3.1	1.2
Nottinghamshire	0.1	2.2	1.4
South Wales	0.6	2.9	2.8
South Yorkshire	2.8	1.0	0.4
Staffordshire	-3.9	7.1	3.7
Suffolk	1.5	1.2	4.0
Surrey	-0.9	-0.7	9.6
Sussex	1.2	-1.3	-1.1
Thames Valley Police	0.1	3.4	2.0
Warwickshire	-1.7	5.3	-0.9
West Mercia	1.8	2.3	-0.3
West Midlands	1.3	1.7	-0.5
West Yorkshire	1.6	-3.0	-0.5
Wiltshire	-2.3	10.2	2.0

Total	-0.5	2.3	0.6

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