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Mark Tami: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance he gives to individual police forces regarding priorities in law enforcement. [70410]
Mr. Denham:
Under the Police Act 1996 the Home Secretary sets strategic objectives for the police. These are commonly known as the Ministerial Priorities. For the current year, 200203, these are:
To help create safe communities by reducing crime, anti-social behaviour and disorder through effective partnership working, including reducing the availability and use of Class A drugs.
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To reduce the fear of crime in all sections of the community and in particular to increase the trust and confidence in policing amongst minority ethnic communities.
To increase the number of offences for which offenders, and particularly persistent offenders, are caught and brought to justice, in partnership with other criminal justice agencies.
Guidance on how best to achieve these priorities is not issued by the Home Office. It is for each Chief Officer, in consultation with their police authority, to determine the allocation of resources in a way which ensures that the Ministerial Priorities are complied with.
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many frontline Metropolitan police officers have less than two years' experience, broken down by Greater London borough; and if he will make statement. [67007]
Mr. Denham: The information in the table has been provided by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. Newly appointed Police Officers serve a period of probation which normally lasts for two years. The table shows the number of probationer officers by borough. They all perform frontline duties.
Greater London Borough | Probationer Strength as at 31 May 2002 |
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Kensington & Chelsea | 79 |
Westminster | 216 |
Camden | 101 |
Hammersmith & Fulham | 70 |
Hackney | 93 |
Tower Hamlets | 92 |
Waltham Forest | 61 |
Redbridge | 54 |
Havering | 52 |
Newham | 90 |
Barking & Dagenham | 29 |
Lambeth | 118 |
Southwark | 86 |
Islington | 85 |
Lewisham | 92 |
Bromley | 58 |
Harrow | 48 |
Brent | 85 |
Greenwich | 87 |
Bexley | 51 |
Barnet | 78 |
Richmond upon Thames | 32 |
Hounslow | 51 |
Kingston upon Thames | 36 |
Merton | 34 |
Wandsworth | 98 |
Ealing | 90 |
Hillingdon | 45 |
Enfield | 72 |
Haringey | 85 |
Croydon | 85 |
Sutton | 36 |
Borough Total | 2,389 |
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of the Metropolitan Police accommodation used to house police officers undergoing their intial training is owned by the Metropolitan Police Force; who owns the properties being
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used by the Metropolitan Police for accommodation which are not owned by the Metropolitan Police; and if he will make a statement. [66817]
Mr. Denham: The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis informs me that the Metropolitan Police Authority owns or leases all the accommodation used to house police officers undergoing their initial training. Currently, 18 per cent of available bed spaces for recruits are leased from the Ministry of Defence at Mill Hill Barracks.
Mr. Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average gap between recruitment and enlistment of special constables was in the Metropolitan Police in the last 12 months. [65497]
Mr. Denham: The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis informs me that the average processing time for applicants to the Metropolitan Special Constabulary in the past 12 months was 12 weeks (from date of receipt of application to attestation).
Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many special constables there were in Buckinghamshire in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [68523]
Mr. Denham [holding answer 16 July 2002]: The Home Office records the number of special constables by police force, not by county. The number of special constables in Thames Valley Constabulary at 30 September between 19972001 is as follows:
1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
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694 | 587 | 472 | 463 | 377 |
Figures supplied by Thames Valley Police.
Special constables are a key element of our police reform agenda. We are working on a package of measures to help reverse the decline in the number of special constables by improving the way they are recruited, managed and deployed. We are publishing guidance on good practice by the end of the year. We are also keen to improve liaison with employers and to encourage recognition of the wealth of skills and experience that specials bring to the workplace. We have also set aside £300,000 to help "specials champions" drive forward initiatives to improve recruitment and retention.
Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police stations (a) closed and (b) opened in each police authority area in each year since 1979; and if he will make a statement. [66615]
Mr. Denham [holding answer 2 July 2002]: Data are only available from 199091. Copies of the table detailing the number of police stations closed and opened, and the total numbers of police stations for each police authority since 199091 will be placed in the Library.
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Information is available from all 43 forces for the total number of police stations for the three years to March 2000, March 2001 and March 2002. A number of forces
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were unable to provide data on total police stations or on numbers opened or closed for earlier years and this is reflected in the table.
Mar 90 | Mar 91 | Mar 92 | Mar 93 | Mar 94 | Mar 95 | Mar 96 | |||||||||||||
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No of Police Stations | Opd | Clsd | Total | Opd | Clsd | Total | Opd | Clsd | Total | Opd | Clsd | Total | Opd | Clsd | Total | Opd | Clsd | Total | |
Avon & Somerset | 82 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 0 | -1 | 81 | 0 | -13 | 68 | 0 | -6 | 62 | 0 | -14 | 48 |
Bedfordshire (1) | |||||||||||||||||||
Cambridgeshire | 35 | 0 | -2 | 33 | 0 | -2 | 31 | 0 | -1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | -1 | 29 |
Cheshire | 39 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
City of London | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Cleveland | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
Cumbria | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||||||
Devon & Cornwall | 98 | 1 | -5 | 94 | 0 | -2 | 92 | 0 | -3 | 89 | 2 | -7 | 84 | 1 | -7 | 78 | 4 | -8 | 74 |
Dorset | 27 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | -1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
Durham | 41 | 0 | -1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 3 | -1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
Dyfed-Powys | 45 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 47 |
Essex (2) (3) | (2) N/A | N/A | N/A | 114 | 1 | -1 | 114 | 1 | -1 | 114 | 1 | -2 | 113 | 2 | -1 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 114 |
Gloucestershire | 71 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 0 | -3 | 68 | 0 | -2 | 66 | 0 | -3 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 63 |
Gtr Manchester | 96 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 0 | -3 | 93 | 0 | -11 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 82 |
Gwent (5) | |||||||||||||||||||
Hampshire | 126 | 0 | -2 | 124 | 0 | -1 | 123 | 0 | -6 | 117 | 0 | -4 | 113 | 1 | -2 | 112 | 0 | -4 | 108 |
Hertfordshire (3) | 55 | 1 | -1 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | -32 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
Humberside | 38 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | -2 | 37 | 0 | -2 | 35 |
Kent | 46 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | -7 | 39 | 2 | -2 | 39 | 0 | -4 | 35 | 1 | -4 | 32 |
Lancashire | 111 | 0 | -1 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 1 | 0 | 111 | 1 | -1 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 2 | -2 | 111 |
Leicestershire | 26 | 1 | -1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | -1 | 25 |
Lincolnshire | 45 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 1 | -1 | 46 | 3 | -1 | 48 | 3 | -3 | 48 | 2 | -2 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
Metropolitan (3) | |||||||||||||||||||
Merseyside | 53 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 1 | -1 | 53 | 0 | -1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
Norfolk | |||||||||||||||||||
Northamptonshire | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
Northumbria | |||||||||||||||||||
North Wales (1) | |||||||||||||||||||
North Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||
Noltinghamshire | 63 | 0 | -1 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | -1 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 1 | -1 | 61 | 3 | -1 | 63 |
South Wales (4) | 150 | 26 | -2 | 174 | 2 | -13 | 163 | 4 | -9 | 158 | 1 | -2 | 157 | 2 | -4 | 155 | 3 | -5 | 153 |
South Yorkshire | 89 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 | -1 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 | -3 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 87 |
Staffordshire | 39 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
Suffolk | 51 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | -1 | 50 | 0 | -23 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
Surrey (3) | 33 | 0 | -1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | -2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
Sussex | 34 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
Thames Valley | 49 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1 | -1 | 52 | 1 | -1 | 52 |
Warwickshire | 18 | 1 | -1 | 18 | 0 | -1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | -2 | 15 |
West Mercia | 110 | 0 | -22 | 88 | 1 | -8 | 81 | 0 | -11 | 70 | 0 | -4 | 66 | 0 | -4 | 62 | 0 | -7 | 55 |
West Midlands | 77 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 1 | -2 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 0 | -1 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 0 | -1 | 75 |
West Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||
Wiltshire | 42 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | -7 | 35 | 1 | -4 | 32 | 0 | -2 | 30 |
TOTALS (6) | 1843 | 31 | -40 | 1948 | 7 | -36 | 1919 | 13 | -67 | 1865 | 21 | -53 | 1833 | 19 | -88 | 1764 | 19 | -55 | 1728 |
(1) Comprehensive data for openings/closures for Bedfordshire and North Wales for 19992000 are not available. First "Total" numbers available are for March 2000.
(2) Data not available for the total number of police stations in Essex at March 1990, or the number of openings/closures during 199091. The first "Total" figure available is for March 1991.
(3) 12 police stations were transferred by the Metropolitan Police Authority to boundary forces in April 2000; Essex (2), Herts (4) and Surrey (6).
(4) In 199697 South Wales Police transferred nine police stations to Gwent.
(5) Figures for Gwent opening/closures in 199899 and 19992000 are net openings/closures.
(6) The totals given for 1990 cover data from 33 forces only. Data was not available from the remaining 10 forces. The totals given for 199197 cover data from 34 forces. The total figures for the number of police stations for 1998 and 1999 cover data from 35 forces. Although the figures for the total number of police stations for March 2000 covers data from all 43 forces, data on the number of openings/closures in 19992000 are only available from 37 forces.
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