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Operation Trident

Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 1 March 2006, Official Report, column 822W, on Operation Trident, whether he was consulted during the process of drawing up the terms of reference for Operation Trident; and if he will make a statement. [61125]

Hazel Blears: The terms of reference for Operation Trident are a matter for the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, in consultation with the Metropolitan Police Authority.

Passport Offices

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to announce (a) the successful applicant for the contract for the network of passport offices and (b) the (i) locations of the offices and (ii) other terms of the contract. [60588]

 
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Andy Burnham: A contract was signed with Mapeley Abl Provider Ltd. on 7 March to provide premises and facilities management services. The contract value, £55 million over three years, has been made public in my reply to question number 54053 from the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr. Carmichael) on 21 March. This and other main contract terms will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union within a month. The locations of the offices will be announced when premises have been secured.

Police

Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the starting salary was for newly qualified police officers in Lancashire for each of the last 10 years. [60794]

Hazel Blears [holding answer 23 March 2006]: The salary of a constable on completion of initial training for each of the last 10 years is shown in the following table.
Pay rates for a constable on completion of initial training from 1996 to 2005

From 1 September:	£
2005	22,270
2004	22,107
2003	21,462
2002	20,436
2001	19,842
2000	19,170
1999	18,612
1998	17,964
1997	17,274
1996	16,689

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there were in each London borough on 31 March (a) 2005, (b) 2000 and (c) 1995; and if he will make a statement. [60551]

Hazel Blears: The data for the number of police officers by basic command unit (BCD) within the Metropolitan Police area as at 31 March 2005 is provided in the table. BCD data is only available from 2003.

The deployment of police officers to BCUs and other specialist units in the Metropolitan Police is an operational matter for the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.
Police officer strength⁽⁴²⁾ in the Metropolitan Police by basic command unit, 31 March 2005

Basic command unit	Police officers
Barking and Dagenham	419.1
Barnet	561.0
Bexley	382.7
Brent	679.4
Bromley	489.2
Camden	850.4
City of Westminster	1,617.1
Croydon	692.0
Ealing	686.2
Enfield	574.7
Greenwich	605.2
Hackney	788.5
Hammersmith and Fulham	526.1
Haringey	683.2
Harrow	342.2
Havering	383.4
Heathrow	437.5
Hillingdon	497.8
Hounslow	509.7
Islington	683.4
Kensington and Chelsea	561.6
Kingston upon Thames	298.2
Lambeth	984.5
Lewisham	645.9
Merton	351.7
Newham	781.9
Redbridge	458.7
Richmond upon Thames	286.8
Southwark	891.4
Sutton	291.0
Tower Hamlets	761.0
Waltham Forest	545.8
Wandsworth	582.3

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Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for theHome Department how many (a) police support staff, (b) community support officers and (c) special constables there were in each police authority area in England and Wales in each of the last 20 years, ranked in descending order. [56984]

Hazel Blears: The available information is given in the following table.
The total strength⁽⁴³⁾ for civilians/police staff⁽⁴⁴⁾ by police force area (1986–2005)⁽⁴⁵⁾

	March
Police force area	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Avon and Somerset	775	723	730	765	835
Bedfordshire	307	312	326	361	377
Cambridgeshire	367	394	410	414	458
Cheshire	426	510	512	511	501
Cleveland	313	347	360	428	431
Cumbria	314	310	340	351	380
Derbyshire	692	725	716	719	679
Devon and Cornwall	848	873	897	891	929
Dorset	421	427	434	464	485
Durham	526	519	524	539	534
Essex	753	809	880	951	988
Gloucestershire	257	245	293	317	330
Greater Manchester	1,626	1,800	1,921	1,952	2,153
Hampshire	771	812	872	932	*
Hertfordshire	404	433	461	485	530
Humberside	542	587	640	653	673
Kent	880	938	906	920	964
Lancashire	895	945	1,016	1,066	*
Leicestershire	453	458	499	569	632
Lincolnshire	368	309	311	322	431
London, City of	320	329	318	317	312
Merseyside	1,176	1,249	*	1,340	1,413
Metropolitan Police	13,185	13,365	13,179	12,981	13,250
Norfolk	311	327	346	371	407
Northamptonshire	310	320	340	351	373
Northumbria	1,043	1,095	1,106	1,123	1,164
North Yorkshire	335	330	358	421	433
Nottinghamshire	611	568	578	606	640
South Yorkshire	713	821	832	851	853
Staffordshire	667	678	681	679	655
Suffolk	408	403	412	424	428
Surrey	420	451	470	468	520
Sussex	763	818	862	898	880
Thames Valley	1,188	1,161	1,182	1,187	1,267
Warwickshire	301	298	313	309	330
West Mercia	760	750	744	772	832
West Midlands	1,514	1,688	2,057	2,115	2,236
West Yorkshire	1,275	1,360	1,458	1,613	1,743
Wiltshire	307	346	371	412	434
Dyfed-Powys	208	198	208	223	237
Gwent	231	233	251	255	255
North Wales	405	381	384	408	422
South Wales	973	959	1,015	1,045	1,120
Total 43 forces in:
England and Wales	39,351	40,592	40,505	42,767	42,503

 
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	March
Police force area	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Avon and Somerset	902	899	1,171	1,195	1,204
Bedfordshire	372	387	392	412	475
Cambridgeshire	457	454	445	443	443
Cheshire	511	515	554	582	616
Cleveland	437	432	481	506	533
Cumbria	396	409	414	436	443
Derbyshire	534	502	604	602	625
Devon and Cornwall	1,001	1,038	1,069	1,150	1,125
Dorset	525	552	563	581	592
Durham	557	533	534	533	491
Essex	1,028	1,074	1,106	1,155	1,205
Gloucestershire	361	367	375	381	381
Greater Manchester	2,268	2,282	2,590	2,638	2,674
Hampshire	994	1,052	1,078	1,151	1,231
Hertfordshire	554	560	592	620	689
Humberside	663	679	688	660	596
Kent	982	1,038	1,110	1,099	1,091
Lancashire	1,164	1,093	1,065	1,037	1,130
Leicestershire	641	676	661	647	680
Lincolnshire	438	464	488	493	502
London, City of	283	301	320	332	345
Merseyside	1,529	1,578	1,625	1,639	1,595
Metropolitan Police	13,853	14,276	14,591	14,483	14,357
Norfolk	431	445	464	496	493
Northamptonshire	411	427	443	483	449
Northumbria	1,226	1,186	1,225	1,277	1,278
North Yorkshire	449	445	453	438	508
Nottinghamshire	693	710	738	831	895
South Yorkshire	892	893	1,065	1,177	1,149
Staffordshire	715	740	737	746	749
Suffolk	468	513	520	510	498
Surrey	527	568	601	629	732
Sussex	926	951	983	1,013	1,049
Thames Valley	1,359	1,423	1,478	1,522	1,706
Warwickshire	338	321	340	339	361
West Mercia	836	851	925	919	949
West Midlands	2,265	2,264	2,471	2,459	2,629
West Yorkshire	1,875	1,821	1,867	1,912	1,965
Wiltshire	464	466	492	477	464
Dyfed-Powys	243	260	275	286	293
Gwent	298	308	320	317	325
North Wales	439	452	475	475	494
South Wales	1,081	1,088	1,088	1,158	1,097
Total 43 forces in:
England and Wales	46,373	47,283	49,466	50,229	51,096

	March
Police force area	1996	1997(46)	1998	1999	2000
Avon and Somerset	1,213	1,438	1,393	1,424	1,436
Bedfordshire	472	484	523	483	490
Cambridgeshire	530	607	574	586	503
Cheshire	690	735	781	785	823
Cleveland	553	609	586	552	595
Cumbria	408	451	451	442	469
Derbyshire	656	723	787	818	826
Devon and Cornwall	1,121	1,159	1,186	1,215	1,343
Dorset	621	615	651	702	686
Durham	531	583	557	559	590
Essex	1,130	1,199	1,252	1,273	1,348
Gloucestershire	415	435	423	504	484
Greater Manchester	2,749	2,612	2,661	2,623	2,822
Hampshire	1,323	1,316	1,331	1,381	1,443
Hertfordshire	754	818	831	835	890
Humberside	683	718	789	840	840
Kent	1,141	1,384	1,470	1,582	1,647
Lancashire	1,349	1,126	1,143	1,198	1,422
Leicestershire	667	755	774	802	805
Lincolnshire	442	521	541	517	516
London, City of	324	347	334	314	285
Merseyside	1,560	1,343	1,502	1,356	1,458
Metropolitan Police	14,372	13,493	12,432	11,257	10,605
Norfolk	529	603	646	648	655
Northamptonshire	511	554	577	587	599
Northumbria	1,319	1,365	1,362	1,443	1,417
North Yorkshire	520	519	543	541	492
Nottinghamshire	979	1,003	987	1,039	1,024
South Yorkshire	1,418	1,291	1,243	1,273	1,391
Staffordshire	754	763	866	1,004	858
Suffolk	485	522	583	594	600
Surrey	754	727	743	733	762
Sussex	1,131	1,149	1,185	1,393	1,328
Thames Valley	1,738	1,825	1,827	1,799	1,786
Warwickshire	376	376	398	406	394
West Mercia	964	942	975	975	1,043
West Midlands	2,780	2,739	2,817	2,652	2,695
West Yorkshire	2,037	2,234	2,304	2,216	2,199
Wiltshire	453	475	519	555	563
Dyfed-Powys	310	322	341	341	359
Gwent	378	452	477	487	498
North Wales	512	476	479	508	519
South Wales	1,287	1,206	1,132	1,223	1,081
Total 43 forces in:
England and Wales	52,933	53,011	52,975	52,465	52,588

 
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	March
Police force area	2001(47)	2002	2003(48)	2004	2005
Avon and Somerset	1,452	1,611	1,785	1,987	1,984
Bedfordshire	491	524	595	654	706
Cambridgeshire	614	733	786	826	817
Cheshire	833	884	1,008	1,133	1,125
Cleveland	586	626	694	760	742
Cumbria	588	631	676	697	718
Derbyshire	875	953	1,061	1,118	1,129
Devon and Cornwall	1,453	1,639	1,834	1,917	2,007
Dorset	682	741	793	809	871
Durham	566	660	602	588	735
Essex	1,447	1,571	1,682	1,876	1,955
Gloucestershire	506	545	590	633	648
Greater Manchester	2,858	3,135	3,173	3,394	3,248
Hampshire	1,482	1,597	1,720	1,845	1,944
Hertfordshire	935	1,121	1,299	1,366	1,382
Humberside	808	816	880	959	1,026
Kent	1,796	1,958	2,095	2,233	2,198
Lancashire	1,369	1,442	1,489	1,642	1,686
Leicestershire	806	816	934	989	1,009
Lincolnshire	561	600	641	653	671
London, City of	233	247	268	284	298
Merseyside	1,418	1,532	1,752	1,851	2,114
Metropolitan Police	10,040	10,459	11,358	12,144	13,127
Norfolk	694	819	924	963	982
Northamptonshire	694	742	812	858	958
Northumbria	1,416	1,403	1,457	1,495	1,470
North Yorkshire	591	743	723	864 -	930
Nottinghamshire	1,039	1,087	1,180	1,270	1,299
South Yorkshire	1,312	1,352	1,510	1,574	1,698
Staffordshire	935	1,030	1,146	1,242	1,313
Suffolk	621	692	713	779	803
Surrey	897	1,043	1,245	1,318	1,431
Sussex	1,454	1,507	1,578	1,774	1,950
Thames Valley	1,891	2,061	2,412	2,589	2,573
Warwickshire	412	459	503	520	587
West Mercia	1,095	1,116	1,233	1,371	1,473
West Midlands	2,819	3,007	3,012	3,100	3,083
West Yorkshire	2,228	2,364	2,538	2,763	2,998
Wiltshire	622	649	703	764	811
Dyfed-Powys	401	459	502	523	525
Gwent	537	570	607	623	688
North Wales	498	645	703	832	836
South Wales	1,270	1,435	1,366	1,415	1,465
Total 43 forces in:
England and Wales	53,823	58,022	62,581	66,993	70,013

*=force unable to provide data.
⁽⁴³⁾Total strength is based on full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number, because of rounding there may be an apparent discrepancy between these totals and the totals in other tables. Between 1986–1995 the full-time equivalent figures were based on estimations. Figures exclude those staff on career breaks or maternity/paternity unless otherwise stated.
⁽⁴⁴⁾Civilian staff have been referred to as police staff since March 2003. Figures exclude traffic wardens, police community support officers and designated officers (s.38).
⁽⁴⁵⁾Strength figures for civilian staff were collected by HMIC from 1986 until 1995. The research development and statistics section within the Home Office, have been collecting and publishing this data since March 1996.
⁽⁴⁶⁾Boundary changes on 1 April 1996 transferred resources from South Wales Police to forces for the policing of the Rhmney Valley Gwent police.
⁽⁴⁷⁾Boundary changes on 1 April 2000 transferred some resources from the metropolitan police to Essex, Hertfordshire and Surrey police forces.
⁽⁴⁸⁾Strength figures as at 31 March 2003 include those staff on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave. Therefore these figures are not comparable with those provided for other years in the table.



 
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