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Chief Constables

Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the length of service as chief constable is of each chief constable in England. [28044]

Mr. Denham: The appointment of a chief constable is a matter for decision by the appropriate police authority, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State. In making an appointment, a police authority must adhere to Regulation 13A of the Police Regulations 1995, which provide that appointment as chief constable should be for a minimum period of four years and a maximum period of seven years.

The current position for each force in England is given in the table. In a small number of cases, the appointment pre-dates the introduction of the fixed term regulations on 1 April 1995, and exceeds the current maximum period.

Force	Chief Constable	Appointment date	Term
Avon and Somerset	S. C. Pilkington Esq QPM	February 1998	3 years 11 months
Bedfordshire Police	Paul Hancock Esq	April 2001	9 months
Cambridgeshire	D. G. Gunn Esq CBE QPM	September 1993	8 years 4 months
Cheshire Police	N. Burgess Esq QPM	October 1997	4 years 3 months
City of London Police	Perry Nove QPM	April 1998	3 years 9 months
Cleveland Police	B. D. Shaw Esq QPM	August 1995	6 years 5 months
Cumbria	Michael Baxter	December 2001	1 month
Derbyshire	D. Coleman Esq	July 2000	1 year 6 months
Devon and Cornwall	Sir John Evans QPM	September 1988	13 years 4 months
Dorset Police	Mrs. Jane Stichbury QPM	December 1998	3 years 1 month
Durham	G. E. Hedges QPM	August 1997	4 years 5 months
Essex Police	D. F. Stevens Esq QPM	March 1998	3 years 10 months
Gloucestershire	Timothy Brain Esq	March 2001	10 months
Gtr Manchester Police	D. Wilmot Esq QPM	April 1991	10 years 9 months
Hampshire	P. R. Kernaghan Esq QPM	May 1999	2 years 8 months
Hertfordshire	Paul Acres Esq QPM	February 2000	1 year 11 months
Humberside Police	D. Westwood Esq QPM	November 1998	3 years 2 months
Kent	Sir David Phillips QPM	November 1992	9 years 2 months
Lancashire	Mrs. P Clare QPM	May 1995	6 years 8 months
Leicestershire	D. J. Wyrko Esq QPM	April 1997	4 years 9 months
Lincolnshire Police	R. J. N. Childs Esq QPM	March 1998	3 years 10 months
Merseyside Police	N. Bettison Esq QPM	November 1998	3 years 2 months
Metropolitan Police	Sir John Stevens QPM	February 2000	1 year 11 months
Norfolk	K. R. Williams Esq QPM	May 1993	8 years 8 months
Northamptonshire Police	Mr. Chris Fox QPM	July 1996	5 years 6 months
Northumbria Police	J. C. Strachan Esq QPM	October 1997	4 years 3 months
North Yorkshire Police	D. R. Kenworthy Esq QPM	October 1997	4 years 3 months
Nottinghamshire Police	Stephen M. Green Esq, QPM	February 2000	1 year 11 months
South Yorkshire Police	M. I. I. Hedges Esq QPM	February 1998	3 years 11 months
Staffordshire Police	J. W. Giffard Esq QPM	October 1995	6 years 3 months
Suffolk	P. J. Scott-Lee Esq QPM	April 1998	3 years 9 months
Surrey Police	Denis O'Connor CBE, QPM	February 2000	1 year 11 months
Sussex Police	Ken Jones	January 2002	under 1 month
Thames Valley Police	Peter Neyroud	January 2002	under 1 month
Warwickshire Police	John Burbeck QPM	August 2000	1 year 5 months
West Mercia	P. Hampson Esq QPM	April 1999	2 years 9 months
West Midlands Police	Sir Edward Crew QPM	May 1996	5 years 8 months
West Yorkshire Police	Graham Moore Esq QPM	November 1997	4 years 2 months
Wiltshire	Miss E Neville QPM	October 1996	5 years 3 months

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Crime Fighting Fund

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Crime Fighting Fund officers were projected to be allocated to Hampshire in 2001–02; how many officers were allocated; how many Crime Fighting Fund officers will be allocated for 2002–03; and if he will make a statement. [22438]

Mr. Denham: Hampshire has been allocated a total of 243 Crime Fighting Fund (CFF) recruits over and above previous recruitment plans for the three years to March 2003. This total was initially divided between the three years of the CFF recruitment scheme as follows:

Year	CFF allocation
2000–01	82
2001–02	77
2002–03	84

As the force was unable to recruit all of its CFF allocation in 2000–01 it was allowed to carry over 63 recruits from 2000–01 to 2001–02, resulting in revised allocations as follows:

Year	CFF allocation
2000–01	19
2001–02	140
2002–03	84

The allocation for 2002–03 is provisional and subject to the force meeting the requirements of the CFF continuation criteria.

Domestic Violence (Buckingham)

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents of domestic violence were investigated by the police in the Buckingham constituency in (a) 2000 and (b) 2001. [22633]

Mr. Denham: The information requested is not held centrally. Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Thames Valley police collect the information by Basic Command Unit areas, but none of these areas correspond exactly with the Buckingham constituency.

Security Costs

Mr. Letwin: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what have been the costs of extra activities undertaken by his Department in connection with events following the 11 September terrorist attacks on the United States; and if these costs will be met from his Department's budget. [14077]

Mr. Blunkett: Some extra costs are being incurred, on departmental security measures. These costs will be met from the Home Office's budget and it is not possible to quantify them. As regards the cost of the measures announced in my Statement of 15 October 2001, I refer the hon. Member to my reply to a question from the right hon. and learned Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Mr. Howard) on 23 January 2002, Official Report, column 914W.

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Police Numbers (London)

Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish (a) the most recent figures, (b) the figures for May 1997 based on the old boundaries and (c) estimated figures for May 1997 based on the new boundaries, for the number of police officers within the city of London and Metropolitan police areas, broken down by London borough. [13844]

Mr. Denham [holding answer 9 November 2001]: The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis has provided police strength in the Metropolitan police at 31 October 2001 and 1 July 1997 broken down by borough. Information for May 1997 is not available.

Borough	Strength 31 October 2001(21)	Strength 1 July 1997(21)
Kensington and Chelsea	539.51	648.30
Westminster	1,540.96	1,712.91
Camden	681.72	698.35
Hammersmith and Fulham	506.14	559.65
Hackney	675.15	665.64
Tower Hamlets	527.95	573.09
Waltham Forest	449.81	490.62
Redbridge	387.32	555.00
Havering	322.72	325.59
Newham	577.41	599.88
Barking and Dagenham	285.82	299.05
Lambeth	863.58	946.10
Southwark	784.76	849.46
Islington	564.79	568.60
Lewisham	567.50	613.75
Bromley	422.60	473.84
Harrow	315.42	281.60
Brent	604.14	636.33
Greenwich	570.14	597.65
Bexley	322.09	280.65
Barnet	509.92	727.16
Richmond upon Thames	263.17	278.85
Hounslow	416.29	446.60
Kingston upon Thames	256.40	354.33
Merton	289.26	315.85
Wandsworth	545.92	622.94
Ealing	617.87	635.97
Hillingdon	369.70	403.10
Enfield	474.91	538.30
Haringey	542.59	546.60
Croydon	566.77	604.60
Sutton	252.74	406.10
Borough Total	16,624.07	18,254.46
Heathrow(22)	287.26	375.15
Spelthorne(23)		194.40
Recruits, non borough units and HQ staff	8,621.52	7,846.27
Total	25,532.85	26,670.28

⁽²¹⁾ Figures are full-time equivalents

⁽²²⁾ These posts are paid for by Heathrow airport plc.

⁽²³⁾ Spelthorne was transferred to Surrey police in April 2000.

The Metropolitan police force area boundary was changed in April 2000. The Metropolitan Police Service are unable to provide estimated figures for officers in post in 1997 on the basis of the new boundaries.

There were 10,040 civilians in the Metropolitan police on 31 March 2001 and 13,493 on 31 March 1997.

The city of London police force was unaffected by the Metropolitan police force area boundary changes. The city of London Police had 859 police officers on 31 March

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1997 and 705 on 2 November 2001. The force employed 347 civilian support staff in March 1997 and 223 in March 2001.

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