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Network and Forensic Investigators
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 24 February 2003, ref 97541, how many (a) network and (b) forensic investigators he estimates will be trained in (i) the current year and (ii) each of the next three years. [100257]
Mr. Denham: Assessing the training requirements for existing and new staff in network and forensic investigation is a matter for individual chief officers. This information is not aggregated centrally.
The National Specialist Law Enforcement Centre for National High Tech Crime Training Centre (part of Centrex) was created to ensure that police staff are equipped with the knowledge and skills that will enable them to meet the challenges set by criminals who use technology in their criminal endeavours. Its course include the development of network investigation and computer forensics skills. Forces may also receive local training, from other providers.
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In addition to the ongoing support for high tech crime, in December 2002 the Home Office provided a one-off payment of £500,000 to the Association of Chief Police Officers to support operations to combat child abuse on the internet. This money has been used in part to provide relevant hardware and software, and also to train 86 individuals within forces in basic forensic analysis this financial year.
Police
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the budget allocated to the North Yorkshire police force in 2003–04. [100053]
Mr. Denham: For 2003–04, North Yorkshire Police Authority has set a budget of £114.2 million. It has been allocated £70.4 million in police grant; revenue support grant and share of national non-domestic rates, an increase of three per cent. on the like-for-like figure for 2002–03. The balance of its budget is met from local resources.
In addition to general grants, the Authority will receive an estimated £4.55 million in specific grants as follows:
| £ million | |
|---|---|
| Crime Fighting Fund | 1.85 |
| Rural Policing Fund | 2.02 |
| Airwaves | 0.23 |
| Basic Command Unit Fund | 0.45 |
| Total | 4.55 |
The authority has been allocated capital grant and supplementary credit approval to borrow £1.47 million. This is an increase of four per cent. on 2002–03.
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police horses and (b) police dogs have been injured in the line of duty in the last year for which records are kept. [100371]
Mr. Denham: This information is not collected centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what protective equipment is (a) routinely worn by police horses and police dogs in their everyday work and (b) available to be used in more dangerous situations. [100373]
- Mr. Denham: This information is not collected centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many officers have resigned voluntarily from each police force in each year since 1998–99. [100738]
Mr. Denham [holding answer 4 March 2003]: Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) collects information annually about voluntary resignations from the police service. Figures for the years 1998–99 to 2001–02 (the latest available) are set out in the table.
While there were 485 more resignations from the police service in 2001–02 than in 1998–99, there were 4,824 more recruits in 2001–02 than in 1998–99. By
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31 March 2002, police service strength had reached the record number of 129,603, on track for the Government's targets of 130,000 by March 2003 and 132,500 in 2003–04.
| Force | 2001–02 | 1998–99 | 1999–2000 | 2000–01 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon and Somerset | 15 | 21 | 16 | 22 |
| Bedfordshire | 9 | 11 | 17 | 25 |
| Cambridgeshire | 16 | 11 | 22 | 23 |
| Cheshire | 8 | 22 | 16 | 14 |
| City of London | 13 | 8 | 11 | 9 |
| Cleveland | 13 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| Cumbria | 19 | 9 | 8 | 11 |
| Derbyshire | 4 | 3 | 12 | 5 |
| Devon and Cornwall | 9 | 20 | 18 | 22 |
| Dorset | 15 | 15 | 10 | 23 |
| Durham | 10 | 12 | 13 | 6 |
| Dyfed-Powys | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Essex | 19 | 31 | 41 | 41 |
| Gloucestershire | 7 | 15 | 15 | 18 |
| Greater Manchester | 44 | 41 | 57 | 90 |
| Gwent | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
| Hampshire | 23 | 34 | 67 | 48 |
| Hertfordshire | 23 | 35 | 58 | 40 |
| Humberside | 18 | 18 | 29 | 15 |
| Kent | 48 | 40 | 48 | 58 |
| Lancashire | 12 | 21 | 17 | 40 |
| Leicestershire | 30 | 24 | 19 | 39 |
| Lincolnshire | 12 | 7 | 6 | 15 |
| Merseyside | 12 | 17 | 22 | 21 |
| Metropolitan Police | 337 | 365 | 435 | 447 |
| Norfolk | 13 | 7 | 10 | 23 |
| North Wales | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 |
| North Yorkshire | 12 | 11 | 3 | 11 |
| Northamptonshire | 23 | 9 | 10 | 7 |
| Northumbria | 27 | 30 | 31 | 37 |
| Nottinghamshire | 22 | 12 | 12 | 26 |
| South Wales | 18 | 13 | 23 | 28 |
| South Yorkshire | 27 | 22 | 23 | 22 |
| Staffordshire | 22 | 25 | 9 | 22 |
| Suffolk | 8 | 11 | 12 | 19 |
| Surrey | 27 | 26 | 38 | 44 |
| Sussex | 55 | 43 | 41 | 63 |
| Thames Valley | 54 | 68 | 90 | 69 |
| Warwickshire | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| West Mercia | 25 | 16 | 17 | 23 |
| West Midlands | 76 | 86 | 101 | 133 |
| West Yorkshire | 38 | 32 | 42 | 54 |
| Wiltshire | 8 | 15 | 18 | 15 |
| England and Wales | 1,189 | 1,235 | 1,468 | 1,674 |
Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers, broken down by police force, have taken (a) medical retirement and (b) sick leave owing to traumatic brain injury in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [99653]
Mr. Denham: This information is not collected centrally. Overall the levels of medical retirement and sickness absence in the police service are decreasing reflecting work to encourage a healthy police service.
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police authorities there were in England in each of the last 20 years. [99879]
Mr. Denham: There are 39 police areas in England and this has remained constant for the last 20 years. Each has a police authority responsible for maintaining an efficient and effective police force for that area. In the City of London, the police authority is the City Corporation. In the Metropolitan Police District, the police authority was the Secretary of State, until 3 July
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2000, when the Metropolitan Police Authority was established under the Greater London Authority Act 1999.
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the percentage increase in the police precept for a Band D property in each English police authority area between 2002–03 and 2003–04; and if he will make a statement. [99901]
Mr. Denham: The level of precepts is determined locally by each police authority.
Precepts must be set by 1 March each year and details should be notified to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister within seven days. Full figures for 2003–04 police authority precepts are not yet available.
Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers and (b) operational police officers per head of population there were in each police authority in England in (i) 2001 and (ii) 2002. [99971]
Mr. Denham [holding answer 28 February 2003]: The information requested is set out in the tables.
(20) Calculated using police officer strength at 31 March 2001 and 31 March 2002 reported to Home Office Research and Statistics Directorate.
(21) Calculated using operational officer strength at 31 March 2001 and 31 March 2002 reported to Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary.
(22) Her Majesty Inspectorate of Constabulary figures count as "operational": any member of staff, including covert staff, whose primary role is to directly deliver the overarching aims of the police service.
(23) Officers per 100,000 population for City of London and Metropolitan Police are combined.
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| Police force | Police Officers per 100,000 population(24) | Operational police officers per 100,000 population (25),(26) |
|---|---|---|
| 2001–02 | ||
| Avon and Somerset | 204.8 | 192.5 |
| Bedfordshire | 188.9 | 173.6 |
| Cambridgeshire | 186.5 | 153.4 |
| Cheshire | 209.2 | 181.5 |
| Cleveland | 262.5 | 232.1 |
| Cumbria | 224.0 | 211.1 |
| Derbyshire | 189.0 | 165.5 |
| Devon and Cornwall | 192.4 | 180.4 |
| Dorset | 197.8 | 186.4 |
| Durham | 266.0 | 238.1 |
| Essex | 180.8 | 172.6 |
| Gloucestershire | 209.4 | 189.3 |
| Greater Manchester | 279.1 | 262.1 |
| Hampshire | 194.8 | 183.1 |
| Hertfordshire | 173.7 | 162.1 |
| Humberside | 233.6 | 214.6 |
| Kent | 209.9 | 192.5 |
| Lancashire | 231.1 | 214.8 |
| Leicestershire | 223.7 | 204.1 |
| Lincolnshire | 188.9 | 175.5 |
| City of London(27) | — | — |
| Merseyside | 293.9 | 265.2 |
| Metropolitan Police(27) | 365.9 | 319.6 |
| Norfolk | 182.6 | 166.0 |
| Northamptonshire | 194.0 | 182.2 |
| Northumbria | 277.8 | 242.9 |
| North Yorkshire | 188.0 | 175.4 |
| Nottinghamshire | 225.9 | 206.3 |
| South Yorkshire | 245.8 | 216.2 |
| Staffordshire | 201.3 | 175.2 |
| Suffolk | 176.9 | 170.6 |
| Surrey | 184.3 | 155.9 |
| Sussex | 190.0 | 171.8 |
| Thames Valley | 176.8 | 165.2 |
| Warwickshire | 189.9 | 170.0 |
| West Mercia | 176.0 | 155.1 |
| West Midlands | 293.3 | 264.1 |
| West Yorkshire | 230.5 | 220.7 |
| Wiltshire | 188.7 | 174.0 |
| Dyfed-Powys | 234.5 | 227.6 |
| Gwent | 239.2 | 223.1 |
| North Wales | 228.1 | 214.0 |
| South Wales | 258.7 | 230.1 |
| Total all forces | 240.4 | 217.7 |
(24) Calculated using police officer strength at 31 March 2001 and 31 March 2002 reported to Home Office Research and Statistics Directorate.
(25) Calculated using operational officer strength at 31 March 2001 and 31 March 2002 reported to Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary.
(26) Her Majesty Inspectorate of Constabulary figures count as "operational": any member of staff, including covert staff, whose primary role is to directly deliver the overarching aims of the police service.
(27) Officers per 100,000 population for City of London and Metropolitan Police are combined.
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