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Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when and by what means the latest vacant position within Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary was advertised; how many applications there were for the post; what short-listing process was used; how many candidates were called to an interview; and if the guidelines for public appointments apply in appointments to HMIC. [53771]
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Mr. John Denham: The Director General of the Policing and Crime Reduction Group (PCRG) wrote on 10 October 2001 to all chief constables and equivalent office holders in the United Kingdom inviting expressions of interest in two forthcoming vacancies for Her Majesty's Inspectors of Constabulary posts. Four applications were received. A selection panel comprising the Director General of PCRG, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary and an independent member considered the applications and decided to invite all the applicants to interview.
Her Majesty's Inspectors of Constabulary are appointed by Her Majesty on the recommendation of the Home Secretary under section 54(1) of the Police Act 1996. They do not come within the jurisdiction of the Commissioner for Public Appointments.
Mr. Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there were per 1,000 population in the London area in (a) March1997 and (b) September 2001.
Mr. John Denham [holding answer 15 Junary 2002]: The figures set out in the table are form the two forces that police Greater London, the Metropolitan Police Service and City of London Police.
Year | Combined strength of Metropolitan Police and City of London Police | Police officers per 1,000 of population |
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31 March 1997 | 27,536 | 3.61 |
30 September 2001 | 26,073 | 3.53(97) |
31 January 2002(98) | 26,618 | 3.61(97) |
(97) Boundary changes on 1 April 2000 with Essex, Hertfordshire and Surrey forces reduced the population of London by around 540,000.
(98) These figures have not yet been validated and published by the Home Office.
Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers and (b) police civilian staff are employed by the Metropolitan Police. [54199]
Mr. John Denham: I am told by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (Sir John Stevens QPM) that on 31 January the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) had 25,878 full-time equivalent police officers which is 1,000 more than in March 2001. This is the largest increase in a single financial year in the Metropolitan Police for more than 20 years. In addition there were 10,240 civilian support staff, 93 more than in March 2001.
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his estimate is of the ratio of police officers to notifiable offences in each English police force for each of the last 20 years; and if he will make a statement. [56228]
Mr. John Denham [holding answer 21 May 2002]: The requested details are given in the tables. There was a change in counting rules for recorded crime on 1 April 1998, which increased the total number of crimes counted in each police force area.
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1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | |
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Avon and Somerset | 23 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 32 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 41 | 50 |
Bedfordshire | 33 | 33 | 35 | 36 | 40 | 41 | 40 | 40 | 51 | 52 |
Cambridgeshire | 28 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 37 | 48 |
Cheshire | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 30 | 35 |
Cleveland | 31 | 31 | 34 | 35 | 40 | 41 | 40 | 41 | 50 | 52 |
Cumbria | 20 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 29 | 38 |
Derbyshire | 27 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 27 | 34 | 43 |
Devon and Cornwall | 22 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 32 | 38 |
Dorset | 26 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 29 | 32 | 38 | 40 |
Durham | 28 | 28 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 34 | 40 | 48 |
Essex* | 24 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 34 | 38 |
Gloucestershire | 21 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 36 | 48 |
Greater Manchester | 35 | 36 | 40 | 43 | 47 | 47 | 42 | 42 | 48 | 54 |
Hampshire | 27 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 38 | 45 |
Hertfordshire* | 26 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 33 |
Humberside | 32 | 31 | 33 | 39 | 42 | 45 | 44 | 46 | 52 | 59 |
Kent | 23 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 35 | 46 |
Lancashire | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 34 | 38 |
Leicestershire | 25 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 41 | 49 |
Lincolnshire | 21 | 22 | 23 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 33 | 37 |
London, City of | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Merseyside | 31 | 31 | 34 | 34 | 37 | 36 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 32 |
Metropolitan Police* | 27 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 33 |
Norfolk | 28 | 28 | 27 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 40 | 46 |
Northamptonshire | 31 | 31 | 33 | 35 | 37 | 38 | 35 | 36 | 43 | 51 |
Northumbria | 41 | 41 | 45 | 49 | 49 | 51 | 46 | 52 | 58 | 64 |
North Yorkshire | 22 | 21 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 26 | 34 | 37 |
Nottinghamshire | 40 | 38 | 40 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 43 | 46 | 57 | 64 |
South Yorkshire | 27 | 28 | 32 | 30 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 42 |
Staffordshire | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 33 | 39 |
Suffolk | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 32 | 33 |
Surrey* | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 26 | 30 |
Sussex | 21 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 32 | 38 |
Thames Valley | 30 | 30 | 32 | 33 | 36 | 34 | 31 | 34 | 40 | 50 |
Warwickshire | 22 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 40 |
West Mercia | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 32 | 37 |
West Midlands | 33 | 33 | 36 | 37 | 41 | 40 | 36 | 34 | 39 | 44 |
West Yorkshire | 31 | 30 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 36 | 45 | 56 |
Wiltshire | 24 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 30 | 34 |
* These forces were affected by the boundary changes which took place in April 2000
*These forces were affected by the boundary changes which took place in April 2000
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The figures in the table are calculated using the total of recorded crimes for the year in question (calendar up to 1997, and years ending March thereafter) and full-time equivalent numbers of police officers as at 31 March in that year (for years ending March, this is at the end of the year in question).
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