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Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to question 77445, on Acts for which his Department has responsibility, tabled on 8 June by the hon. Member for Harborough. [90828]

Mr. McNulty [holding answer 11 September 2006]: I replied to the hon. Member on 7 November 2006. No Hansard reference is available yet.

Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to answer Questions (a) (i) 82236, tabled on 28 June 2006 and (ii) 90828, tabled on 4 September 2006, on Parliamentary questions, (b) 77445, tabled on 8 June 2006, on Acts for which his Department has responsibility, (c) 90855, tabled on 4 September 2006, on prison overcrowding, (d) 86400, tabled on 13 July 2006, on HMP Brixton, (e) 83355, tabled on 4 July 2006, on prisons and prisoners, (f) 81203, tabled on 26 June 2006, on prison cells and (g) 80612, tabled on 22 June 2006, on official meetings, tabled by the hon. Member for Harborough. [97630]


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Mr. McNulty: The information is as follows:

I will write to the hon. and learned Member regarding 90855 and place a copy of my reply in the Library.

Mr. Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 20 October 2006, Official Report, column 1459W, on the police, if he will answer the second and third parts of the question. [98299]

Mr. McNulty [holding answer 30 October 2006]: Information on the opinion polling undertaken by police forces or police authorities, including the costs of such polling, is not held centrally by the Home Office.

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to parliamentary questions (a) 95907, (b) 95910, (c) 95911 and (d) 95909, on control orders, tabled by the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden for answer on 20 October. [100278]

John Reid: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Andrew Mackinlay: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will reply before the end of the session to Question 92421, on police secondments, tabled by the hon. Member for Thurrock on 6 October; and what the reason has been for the delay in replying. [100430]

Mr. McNulty: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.

Peterborough Drug Intervention Programme

Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drug users are registered with the Peterborough Drug Intervention programme. [100472]

Mr. Coaker: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.


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Police

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many full-time equivalent police officers there were (a) in total, (b) in each region and (c) in each police authority area in each of the last 30 years; and what the percentage change was in each year. [93664]

Mr. McNulty: I will write to my hon. Friend with the information requested.

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) requirement is placed on and (b) guidance is offered to chief constables on the training of officers to interview vulnerable people making allegations of (i) sexual or (ii) other abuse; and how many officers in each police force have received such training. [98499]

Mr. McNulty [holding answer 31 October 2006]: Chief officers are responsible for determining the training needs of their officers and staff in conducting interviews with vulnerable people. However, they do this within a framework of national guidance.

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects arbitration for the police pay award to be concluded. [99723]


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Mr. McNulty: On 6 November the Home Secretary announced that he will implement the Police Arbitration Tribunal award for the 2006 police officer pay settlement in full.

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals he has to restart negotiations on re-structuring police pay; and when he expects the settlement of that pay through the Police Negotiating Board. [99724]

Mr. McNulty: On 6 November the Home Secretary announced that he will implement the Police Arbitration Tribunal award for the 2006 police officer pay settlement in full. The Home Secretary also announced that we will review the current arrangements for police pay and that he will make a statement to the House on the basis for that review shortly.

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) full-time male, (b) full-time female, (c) part-time male and (d) part-time female police officers are in employment, broken down by police force. [99725]

Mr. McNulty: The available data are given in the following table.


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Full-time and Part-time police officer strength by gender as at 31 March 2006
Headcount( 1)
Female Male
Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time

Avon and Somerset

636

137

2,711

11

Bedfordshire

273

47

919

3

Cambridgeshire

307

34

1,118

2

Cheshire

442

77

1,722

0

Cleveland

300

55

1,360

3

Cumbria

294

67

923

5

Derbyshire

362

85

1,644

9

Devon and Cornwall

674

180

2,732

19

Dorset

260

80

1,197

4

Durham

360

46

1,320

3

Dyfed-Powys

218

50

938

7

Essex

714

119

2,503

38

Gloucestershire

240

84

1,005

7

Greater Manchester

1,700

211

6,208

11

Gwent

283

48

1,148

4

Hampshire

844

151

2,854

9

Hertfordshire

517

102

1,573

8

Humberside

426

101

1,737

4

Kent

770

151

2,768

15

Lancashire

732

122

2,812

8

Leicestershire

434

63

1,793

10

Lincolnshire

225

28

988

4

London, City of

169

17

693

3

Merseyside

794

101

3,433

10

Metropolitan Police

5,617

956

24,631

122

Norfolk

277

76

1,249

4

Northamptonshire

273

66

1,011

15

Northumbria

742

126

3,229

8

North Wales

336

36

1,274

1

North Yorkshire

347

45

1,275

1

Nottinghamshire

424

96

2,016

8

South Wales

627

92

2,613

2

South Yorkshire

691

104

2,539

7

Staffordshire

442

106

1,789

3

Suffolk

259

69

993

7

Surrey

474

74

1,442

6

Sussex(2)

606

177

n/a

n/a

Thames Valley

965

140

3,219

21

Warwickshire

212

31

807

0

West Mercia

484

84

1,838

4

West Midlands

1,913

339

6,039

25

West Yorkshire

1,216

224

4,299

16

Wiltshire

279

57

924

7

(1) Headcount figures relate to the total number of individuals employed by the police including those on long-term or other absence.
(2) Breakdown of data are not available for male officers in Sussex, the total headcount is 2,404 officers.

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