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Wardship Orders
Mr. Vaz: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many wardship orders were made in each year since 1990. [56153]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The following statistics are available:
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HOME DEPARTMENT
Greater Manchester Police
Mrs. Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide a breakdown of one-off ring-fenced grants to Greater Manchester police by constituency since 1997–99, and if he will make a statement. [42842]
Mr. Denham [holding answer 19 March 2002]: Details of one-off grant payments to Greater Manchester police since 1997–98 are set out in the table. These cannot be broken down by constituency.
| 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–2000 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special firearms grant(16) | 78,144 | 7,692 | — | — | — |
| Beacon scheme(17) | — | — | 99,977 | 6,000 | — |
| Arrest referral | — | — | — | 523,000 | 613,000 |
| Operation Hawk(18) | — | — | — | 1,943,000 | 1,257,000 |
| Robbery grant | — | — | — | 3,200,000 | — |
| Fuel distribution emergency | — | — | — | 505,103 | 58,050 |
| Targeted policing initiative (North Trafford) | — | — | — | 62,898 | 44,597 |
| Targeted policing initiative (Trafford Park) | — | — | — | — | 69,785 |
| Execution of warrants | — | — | — | 233,000 | — |
| Policing Oldham disturbances | — | — | — | — | 1,440,000 |
| Commonwealth games(19) | — | — | — | — | 1,700,000 |
(16) Firearms grant for policing costs associated with ban on handguns.
(17) Beacon scheme funding for imaginative ideas linked to increasing police efficiency.
(18) A Greater Manchester police street crime initiative.
(19) Payment of the first instalment of a total grant of up to £5 million for policing the games.
Police Pay
Mr. Wray: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the shorter pay scales for the federated ranks will be. [44022]
Mr. Denham: On 9 May 2002, the Police Negotiating Board (PNB) reached agreement on a package of reforms to police pay and conditions of service. PNB is the statutory negotiating body for police pay and conditions of service throughout the United Kingdom.
The package includes shortening the constables' pay scale by four points, achieved by removing two points on 1 April 2003, a third on 1 April 2004 and a fourth on 1 April 2005. The pay scales for sergeants, inspectors and chief inspectors will be shortened on 1 April 2003 by removing the current bottom point.
From 1 April 2003, the pay points on all the federated ranks' scales will be increased by £402.
The shorter pay scales will mean that officers in the federated ranks will reach the top of their respective pay scales more quickly than under the current arrangements. At the top of the scales, they will be eligible for a new competence-related payment of £1,002 a year.
Mr. Wray: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how a police officer will be eligible for the new competence-related pay. [44023]
Mr. Denham: On 9 May 2002, the Police Negotiating Board (PNB) reached agreement on a package of reforms to police pay and conditions of service. PNB is the statutory negotiating body for police pay and conditions throughout the United Kingdom. PNB agreements have to be approved by my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary in England and Wales and by my right hon. Friend the Scottish Minister in Scotland.
The package of reforms includes a new competence- related pensionable payment of £1,002 at the top of the federated ranks' pay scales. In order to get the payment, officers will have to have spent a year at the top of their respective scales and demonstrate high professional competence under each of the following broad headings:
- Professional competence and results;
Commitment to the job;
Relations with the public and colleagues;
Willingness to learn and adjust to new circumstances.
In the PNB agreement, it is stated that at least 75 per cent. of those eligible are expected to get the payment. There will, however, be no quota system. Any eligible officer who demonstrates the necessary competencies will get the payment.
Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how the funding will be provided for the £500 to £5,000 annual payment to police officers at the sharp end; [48290]
- (2) how the funding will be provided for the proposed payment of £400 to all police officers and the £1,000 payment for police officers at the top of their pay scales. [48291]
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Mr. Denham [holding answer 9 April 2002]: On 9 May 2002, the Police Negotiating Board (PNB) agreed a package of reforms to police pay and conditions of service.
The package includes an increase of £402 on top of the basic salary for all the federated ranks from 1 April, 2003. Officers at the top of the federated ranks' pay scales will be eligible for a new competence-related payment of £1,002 a year. There will also be a new special priority payment scheme under which those at the sharp end of policing may qualify for one-off payments of normally between £500 to £3,000, exceptionally up to £5,000.
The payment depends on appropriate additional resources being provided to police.
The new pay and conditions package agreed on 9 May 2002 will provide a modernised pay structure rewarding those at the sharp end and reducing reliance on overtime. In so doing, it both underpins the rest of the police reform programme and demonstrates the Government's commitment to invest in the police service to achieve the reforms needed and to give it the support and flexibility it requires to deliver a first-class service to the public.
Ross Cranston: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average annual increase in police pay has been in each of the last 10 years. [52997]
Mr. Denham: Police pay increased by an average of 6.5 per cent. in 1992 and 1.5 per cent. in 1993. In 1994, the pay scales were restructured, and there was no uniform increase in police pay.
Since 1995, police pay has been increased every September by reference to the median percentage of the manpower index of non-manual private sector workers. In 1995 the increase was 3 per cent. in 1996, 3.5 per cent. in 1997, 3.5 per cent., in 1998, 4 per cent., in 1999, 3.6 per cent., in 2000, 3 per cent. and in 2001, 3.5 per cent.
The increase in basic pay agreed as part of a package of reforms to police pay and conditions in the Police Negotiating Board on 9 May 2002, will be on top of the pay award from September 2002.
Police
Mr. Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many black and Asian officers there are in the (a) Metropolitan police, (b) Leicestershire police and (c) Derbyshire police; and at which rank. [54499]
Mr. Denham: The information has been provided by the respective chief officer of police and is set out in the table. The figures reflect the position on 31 March 2002.
| Rank | Metropolitan police | Leicestershire constabulary | Derbyshire constabulary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant commissioner(20) | 1 | — | — |
| Assistant chief constable(21) | 2 | — | — |
| Chief superintendent | 2 | — | — |
| Superintendent | 4 | 1 | — |
| Chief inspector | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| Inspector | 36 | 2 | 5 |
| Sergeant | 112 | 9 | 6 |
| Constable | 1,113 | 64 | 41 |
| Total | 1,279 | 77 | 53 |
(20) Assistant commissioner in the Metropolitan police is equivalent to the rank of chief constable.
(21) Assistant chief constable includes the ranks of deputy assistant commissioner and commander in the Metropolitan police.
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Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police were assigned to Operation Patrol in Uniform in Wales in each year since 1997. [53485]
Mr. Denham: The precise information requested is not collected, but the information in the table has been provided by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) using returns supplied by police forces of the number of officers undertaking particular classes of duty. The basis on which HMIC classify police service staff changed in the year 1999–2000 so the figures for 31 March 2000 and 31 March 2001 are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.
The figures up to and including 31 March 1999 cover officers classified as undertaking patrol or traffic duties in roles that could only be filled by a police officer.
The figures for 2000 and 2001 cover operational officers classified as undertaking foot, car or beat patrol, traffic duties, working with police dogs and mounted officers. Operational officers are any, including covert staff, whose primary role is directly to deliver the overarching aims of the police service. Operational officers will not necessarily undertake duties in uniform but the vast majority undertaking patrol functions will do so.
| As at 31 March | Dyfed— Powys | Gwent | North Wales | South Wales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 648 | 826 | 855 | 1,714 |
| 1998 | 687 | 800 | 895 | 1,623 |
| 1999 | 690 | 857 | 851 | 1,809 |
| 2000 | 706 | 841 | 794 | 1,859 |
| 2001 | 537 | 724 | 820 | 1,917 |
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