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Police Recruitment
Miss Widdecombe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many expressions of interest have been received as a result of the national police recruitment campaign in each month of the campaign to date; and how many have resulted in recruits joining the police (a) in England and Wales as a whole and (b) in each police force in England and Wales. [150044]
Mr. Charles Clarke: To 4 February, there had been over 100,000 inquiries through the website and call centre. These have resulted in over 22,000 formal Expressions of Interest (EOIs). The breakdown by month is as follows:
| Number | |
|---|---|
| End of August/September | 7,317 |
| October | 5,616 |
| November | 1,503 |
| December | 727 |
| January | 7,051 |
| February (to 4 February 2001) | 349 |
| Total | 22,563 |
The table shows the breakdown of EOIs and the forces to which they have been passed.
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Responsibility for processing EOIs rests with forces. Forces are being asked to report on the outcome of the EOIs with a view to assessing the effectiveness of the campaign.
| Force | Number |
|---|---|
| Avon and Somerset Constabulary | 680 |
| Bedfordshire Police | 128 |
| Cambridgeshire Constabulary | 274 |
| Cheshire Constabulary | 685 |
| City of London | 239 |
| Cleveland Constabulary | 423 |
| Cumbria Constabulary | 415 |
| Derbyshire Constabulary | 578 |
| Devon and Cornwall Constabulary | 555 |
| Dorset Police | 278 |
| Durham Police | 504 |
| Dyfed-Powys Police | 317 |
| Essex Police | 378 |
| Gloucestershire Constabulary | 157 |
| Greater Manchester Police | 1,390 |
| Gwent Constabulary | 227 |
| Hampshire Constabulary | 333 |
| Hertfordshire Constabulary | 192 |
| Humberside Police | 471 |
| Kent Constabulary | 328 |
| Lancashire Constabulary | 1,044 |
| Leicestershire Constabulary | 272 |
| Lincolnshire Police | 283 |
| Merseyside Police | 1,124 |
| Metropolitan Police | 1,946 |
| Norfolk Constabulary | 316 |
| Northamptonshire Police | 186 |
| Northumbria Police | 683 |
| North Wales Police | 278 |
| North Yorkshire Police | 623 |
| Nottinghamshire Constabulary | 859 |
| South Wales Constabulary | 963 |
| South Yorkshire Police | 819 |
| Staffordshire Police | 676 |
| Suffolk Constabulary | 188 |
| Surrey Police | 174 |
| Sussex Police | 324 |
| Thames Valley Police | 385 |
| Warwickshire Constabulary | 182 |
| West Mercia Constabulary | 418 |
| West Midlands Police | 930 |
| West Yorkshire Police | 1,191 |
| Wiltshire Police | 147 |
| Total | 22,563 |
Best Value
Miss Widdecombe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the additional cost to each police force in England and Wales has been of administration associated with Best Value; and if he will make a statement. [150042]
Mr. Charles Clarke: The administration cost associated with Best Value is not collected centrally by the Home Office.
The Government are confident that Best Value will, over the five year period, save police authorities and forces more than they spend as well as improving police performance across the board.
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Entry Clearance (IT Professionals)
Sir Patrick Cormack: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign nationals have been granted permission to enter the UK on the basis of their qualifications in information technology in the last three years; and from which countries they have come. [148903]
Ms Hodge: I have been asked to reply.
The number of foreign nationals, broken down by country, granted permission through the work permit arrangements to undertake information technology related jobs during 2000 is given in the table. Directly comparable figures for 1998 and 1999 are not available as the way in which work permit management information is collected was changed in October 1999.
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