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Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many special constables were serving in (a) Sussex police and (b) Highdown division in each year since 1997. [73923]
Mr. Denham [holding answer 15 October 2002]: Police Personnel statistics are collected by the Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate every six months. The figures are collected per force and not at divisional level. The figures available for the Sussex Special Constabulary as a whole at 31 March each year since 1997 are given in the table below:
1997 | 472 |
1998 | 442 |
1999 | 393 |
2000 | 352 |
2001 | 306 |
2002 | 306 |
Note:
* Statistics provided by Research Development and Statistics Directorate.
The special constabulary is a key element of the reform agenda. Specials have a vital role to play in reducing crime and providing reassurance to the public. We are committed to increasing the number of specials. In May we announced a new headline role for specials, focusing on intelligence led patrolling and crime reduction initiatives. Also in May we introduced a new foundation training package for specials. With the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) we are preparing, good practice guidance which will help forces to develop their strategies for improving both the recruitment and retention of specials.
Mr. Paul Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the progress made in the Hilda Murrell murder investigation. [73717]
Mr. Denham: A major crime review of the 1984 murder enquiry into the death of Hilda Murrell was launched in April 2002. It is being conducted in line with West Mercia Police force policy and guidance from the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), issued in 1998, which states that undetected major crimes should be periodically reviewed. The review is proceeding according to plan.
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The objectives of the review, drawn up by West Mercia Police force's Chief Officers, are:
I understand that in order to ensure that the potential of the review is fully explored, experts from a range of fieldsincluding the National Crime Operations Faculty (CENTREX)are being consulted.
The original enquiry was paper-based and pre-dated the HOLMES computerised enquiry system. It ran for over two years, nearly 3,000 statements were taken, over 2,500 exhibits seized or referred to and many thousands of other documents contained within the investigation file. A significant part of the review involves capturing the case information on modern computerised systems to allow more efficient analysis. Whilst this process is ongoing other material held by the enquiry is being assessed and reviewed for forensic potential and opportunities.
Due to the size and complexity of the review, the process of data capture will not be completed before the end of 2002. The forensic review will require a staged submission of identified items, and it is therefore difficult to accurately predict when that process will be complete. However, the current estimate is the last quarter of 2003 at the earliest.
Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimates he has received from the Metropolitan Police of the numbers of people present in and near the Mall on each day of the Jubilee celebrations. [73434]
Mr. Denham: The Metropolitan Police inform me that the following numbers of people were estimated to be present in and near the Mall on each day of the Golden Jubilee celebrations.
Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many roadside checks were carried out
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by each police force during the last 12 months for the purposes of (a) speed, (b) use of seat belts and child restraints, (c) vehicle safety and roadworthiness and (d) influence of alcohol or drugs. [73432]
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Mr. Denham: Information is not available centrally on the number of roadside checks carried out by the police on motorists. However, available information by type of police action is given in the table.
Speed limit offences(32) | Seat belt offences(33) | Vehicle defect offences(34) | consuming alcohol/drugs(35) | ||||||||||||
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Written Warnings | Fixed Penalties | Proceedings at magistrates' courts | Total dealt with | Written Warnings | Fixed Penalties | Proceedings at magistrates' courts | Total dealt with | Written Warnings | Fixed Penalties | Proceedings at magistrates' courts | Total dealt with | Written Warnings | Proceedings at magistrates' courts | Total dealt with | |
Avon & Somerset | 70 | 36,122 | 4,671 | 40,863 | 3 | 4,360 | 102 | 4,465 | 75 | 107 | 1,446 | 1,628 | 1 | 2,719 | 2,720 |
Bedfordshire | 12,862 | 16,707 | 2,316 | 31,885 | | 3,841 | 37 | 3,878 | 1 | 44 | 198 | 243 | | 884 | 884 |
Cambridgeshire | 2 | 8,708 | 1,692 | 10,402 | 1 | 1,639 | 73 | 1,713 | 1 | 62 | 333 | 396 | | 882 | 882 |
Cheshire | 223 | 15,356 | 4,805 | 20,384 | 1 | 3,229 | 68 | 3,298 | 8 | 149 | 685 | 842 | | 1,899 | 1,899 |
Cleveland | 1,317 | 23,228 | 1,126 | 25,671 | 2,469 | 1,653 | 87 | 4,209 | 89 | 112 | 1,219 | 1,420 | | 858 | 858 |
Cumbria | 4 | 4,103 | 1,610 | 5,717 | 9 | 1,360 | 145 | 1,514 | 38 | 323 | 862 | 1,223 | 1 | 874 | 875 |
Derbyshire | 16 | 18,291 | 5,308 | 23,615 | | 3,535 | 84 | 3,619 | 68 | 106 | 1,116 | 1,290 | | 1,599 | 1,599 |
Devon & Cornwall | 39 | 28,091 | 5,324 | 33,454 | 9 | 5,588 | 118 | 5,715 | 26 | 178 | 1,102 | 1,306 | | 2,421 | 2,421 |
Dorset | | 18,305 | 1,456 | 19,761 | | 4,959 | 32 | 4,991 | 3 | 198 | 294 | 495 | | 1,244 | 1,244 |
Durham | 4 | 9,180 | 1,458 | 10,642 | 6 | 3,146 | 89 | 3,241 | 8 | 37 | 1,164 | 1,209 | 2 | 1,218 | 1,220 |
Essex | 7 | 102,326 | 6,887 | 109,220 | 1 | 6,734 | 125 | 6,860 | 4 | 77 | 787 | 868 | 1 | 2,702 | 2,703 |
Gloucestershire | 28 | 5,781 | 2,675 | 8,484 | 2 | 1,393 | 25 | 1,420 | 1 | 46 | 661 | 708 | | 891 | 891 |
Gt Manchester | 89 | 59,765 | 15,263 | 75,117 | 21 | 10,241 | 706 | 10,968 | 22 | 647 | 2,478 | 3,147 | | 5,186 | 5,186 |
Hampshire | 264 | 27,566 | 6,498 | 34,328 | 6 | 4,246 | 209 | 4,461 | 28 | 93 | 1,877 | 1,998 | 12 | 3,812 | 3,824 |
Hertfordshire | 124 | 23,956 | 2,635 | 26,715 | 19 | 3,639 | 81 | 3,739 | 239 | 80 | 919 | 1,238 | 3 | 1,691 | 1,694 |
Humberside | 2 | 22,209 | 2,181 | 24,392 | 5 | 3,963 | 81 | 4,049 | 10 | 258 | 818 | 1,086 | | 1,468 | 1,468 |
Kent | 25 | 24,617 | 2,501 | 27,143 | 2 | 4,707 | 54 | 4,763 | 30 | 543 | 2,786 | 3,359 | 1 | 2,807 | 2,808 |
Lancashire | 3 | 29,683 | 5,932 | 35,618 | | 9,787 | 348 | 10,135 | 20 | 706 | 2,291 | 3,017 | | 2,879 | 2,879 |
Leicestershire | 1 | 8,094 | 2,124 | 10,219 | 3 | 2,086 | 102 | 2,191 | 33 | 280 | 669 | 982 | 6 | 1,651 | 1,657 |
Lincolnshire | 22 | 26,319 | 3,724 | 30,065 | 7 | 2,359 | 64 | 2,430 | 18 | 20 | 627 | 665 | | 911 | 911 |
London, City of | 1 | 353 | 206 | 560 | | 186 | 5 | 191 | 1 | 22 | 302 | 325 | | 193 | 193 |
Merseyside | 1,943 | 7,385 | 1,651 | 10,979 | 874 | 2,831 | 261 | 3,966 | 111 | 170 | 807 | 1,088 | 7 | 2,515 | 2,522 |
Met Police | 32 | 54,843 | 9,175 | 64,050 | 44 | 6,270 | 630 | 6,944 | 45 | 1,725 | 7,479 | 9,249 | 7 | 14,166 | 14,173 |
Norfolk | | 4,783 | 1,482 | 6,265 | | 3,547 | 62 | 3,609 | | 71 | 540 | 611 | | 1,014 | 1,014 |
Northamptonshire | | 35,489(36) | 288 | 35,777 | | 1,245 | 15 | 1,260 | 3 | 9 | 412 | 424 | 1 | 898 | 899 |
Northumbria | 747 | 24,265 | 3,920 | 28,932 | 584 | 3,952 | 281 | 4,817 | 166 | 819 | 2,339 | 3,324 | 1 | 2,958 | 2,959 |
North Yorkshire | 3 | 5,295 | 1,303 | 6,601 | | 1,293 | 58 | 1,351 | 18 | 112 | 390 | 520 | | 1,160 | 1,160 |
Nottinghamshire | 347 | 23,766 | 1,497 | 25,610 | | 1,391 | 83 | 1,474 | | 7 | 1,007 | 1,014 | | 1,915 | 1,915 |
South Yorkshire | 2 | 20,987 | 2,769 | 23,758 | 5 | 5,782 | 135 | 5,922 | 17 | 470 | 1,607 | 2,094 | | 2,322 | 2,322 |
Staffordshire | 26 | 13,969 | .. | 16,518(37) | 18 | 2,212 | .. | 2,291(37) | 78 | 130 | .. | 1,917(37) | 4 | .. | 2,014(37) |
Suffolk | 2 | 12,596 | 1,292 | 13,890 | 18 | 1,423 | 65 | 1,506 | 19 | 83 | 474 | 576 | | 1,002 | 1,002 |
Surrey | 34 | 12,072 | 3,127 | 15,233 | | 5,696 | 88 | 5,784 | 27 | 112 | 804 | 943 | 2 | 1,729 | 1,731 |
Sussex | 17 | 24,990 | 4,681 | 29,688 | 1 | 5,349 | 85 | 5,435 | 17 | 105 | 540 | 662 | 32 | 2,327 | 2,359 |
Thames Valley | 87 | 71,888 | 8,784 | 80,759 | 2 | 7,142 | 174 | 7,318 | 10 | 288 | 1,061 | 1,359 | 1 | 3,921 | 3,922 |
Warwickshire | 3,260 | 2,099 | 4,825 | 10,184 | 1,183 | 881 | 49 | 2,113 | 231 | 48 | 652 | 931 | | 855 | 855 |
West Mercia | 144 | 22,150 | 2,989 | 25,283 | | 2,266 | 116 | 2,382 | 38 | 343 | 1,351 | 1,732 | | 1,741 | 1,741 |
West Midlands | 9 | 5,668 | 4,099 | 9,776 | 3 | 3,411 | 310 | 3,724 | 29 | 380 | 2,229 | 2,638 | 1 | 5,212 | 5,213 |
West Yorkshire | 13 | 24,595 | 6,222 | 30,830 | 9 | 4,484 | 236 | 4,729 | 21 | 283 | 1,715 | 2,019 | 1 | 3,798 | 3,799 |
Wiltshire | 212 | 16,351 | 2,606 | 19,169 | | 3,047 | 78 | 3,125 | 12 | 64 | 561 | 637 | | 997 | 997 |
Total England | 21,981 | 891,951 | 143,625 | 1,057,557 | 5,305 | 144,873 | 5,422 | 155,600 | 1,565 | 9,307 | 48,311 | 59,183 | 84 | 89,329 | 89,413 |
Dyfed Powys | 5 | 8,840 | 1,035 | 9,880 | 3 | 1,617 | 48 | 1,668 | 50 | 105 | 476 | 631 | 1 | 985 | 986 |
Gwent | 45 | 16,518 | 4,123 | 20,686 | 3 | 3,288 | 61 | 3,352 | 15 | 95 | 755 | 865 | 4 | 1,341 | 1,345 |
North Wales | 21 | 16,980 | 2,987 | 19,988 | 4 | 2,533 | 55 | 2,592 | 20 | 173 | 624 | 817 | | 1,430 | 1,430 |
South Wales | 2,051 | 54,383 | 2,898 | 59,332 | 848 | 2,990 | 154 | 3,992 | 61 | 241 | 1,326 | 1,628 | 2 | 3,075 | 3,077 |
Total Wales | 2,122 | 96,721 | 11,043 | 109,886 | 858 | 10,428 | 318 | 11,604 | 146 | 614 | 3,181 | 3,941 | 7 | 6,831 | 6,838 |
Total England & Wales | 24,103 | 988,672 | 154,668 | 1,167,443 | 6,163 | 155,301 | 5,740 | 167,204 | 1,711 | 9,921 | 51,492 | 63,124 | 91 | 96,160 | 96,251 |
Notes:
(32) All speed limit offences: Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 secs 16, 81, 84, 86, 88 & 89. Motor Vehicles (Speed Limits on Motorways) Regulations 1973. Parks Regulation (Amendment) Act 1926 and byelaws made thereunder
(33) Seat Belt offences: Road Traffic Act 1988 secs 14 (3), 15 (2) & (4).
(34) Vehicle or part in dangerous or defective condition: Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, Regs 7, 8, 11, 16, 18, 22 to 24, 25 to 27, 29, 30 to 39, 45 to 48, 61, 63, 71, 100. Schedule 3, Road Traffic Act 1988 secs 40A (a) & (b), 41A, 42 as added by the Road Traffic Act 1991, sec 8.
(35) Driving etc after consuming alcohol or taking drugs: Road Traffic Act 1988 secs 4 (1) & (2), 5 (1) (a) & (b), 6 (4), 7 (6). (Fixed Penalty Notices not issued for these offences).
(36) Amended data Northamptonshire Police have revised figures down from published figures of 70,298.
(37) Proceedings at magistrates' courtsestimates made for Staffordshire Police Force, who were only able to supply data for a sample of weeks in 2000, have been included in totals only.
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