26 Feb 2007 : Column 1063Wcontinued
Police community support officer female and male recruits( 1) from 2002-03 to 2005-06( 2) (FTE)( 3) and recruits as percentage of total strength |
| Female recruits | Male recruits | Total recruits | Recruits percentage of strength |
England and Wales
| | | | |
2002-03
|
382
|
695
|
1,077
|
91.6
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2003-04
|
826
|
1,305
|
2,130
|
62.3
|
2004-05
|
1,233
|
1,705
|
2,938
|
47.3
|
2005-06
|
663
|
805
|
1,468
|
21.7
|
(1) Recruits included those officers joining as police standard direct recruits and those who were previously special constables. This excludes police community support officers on transfers from other forces and those rejoining. Data have not been previously published in this format, published data are for all joiners.
(2 )Financial year runs 1 April to 31 March inclusive. Data are not available prior to 2002-03. PCSOs were introduced as part of the Police Reform Act 2002.
(3 )Full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Because of rounding, there may be an apparent discrepancy between totals and the sums of the constituent items.
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Special constable female and male recruits( 1) from 2002-03 to 2005-06( 2) (Headcount) and recruits as percentage of total strength |
| Female recruits | Male recruits | Total recruits | Recruits percentage of strength |
England and Wales
| | | | |
2002-03
|
493
|
878
|
1,371
|
12.4
|
2003-04
|
903
|
1,404
|
2,307
|
21.0
|
2004-05
|
1,624
|
2,331
|
3,955
|
33.2
|
2005-06
|
1,619
|
2,355
|
3,974
|
30.2
|
(1 )Recruits included those specials joining as direct recruits to the constabulary. This excludes specials on transfers from other forces and those rejoining. Data have not been previously published in this format, published data are for all joiners.
(2) Financial year runs 1 April to 31 March inclusive. Data are not available prior to 2002-03.
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Police: Gloucestershire
Martin Horwood:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was awarded in real terms to Gloucestershire Police Authority in specific grants for each fiscal year from 2002, broken down by type of grant; and if he will make a statement. [122040]
Mr. McNulty:
The information requested is set out in the tables.
Gloucestershire police authority, specific grant funding |
£ million |
| Crime Fighting Fund | Basic Command Unit Fund | Community Support Officer Funding | Neighbourhood Policing Fund | Rural Policing Fund | Forensic Grant | Special Priority Payments |
2002-03
|
1.982
|
|
|
|
0.776
|
0.511
|
|
2003-04
|
2.314
|
0.405
|
0.172
|
|
0.778
|
0.535
|
0.303
|
2004-05
|
2.433
|
0.405
|
0.439
|
|
0.776
|
0.477
|
0.519
|
2005-06
|
2.433
|
0.405
|
0.976
|
|
0.772
|
0.396
|
0.667
|
2006-07(1, 2, 3)
|
2.433
|
0.405
|
0.475
|
1.517
|
|
|
|
2007-08(4)
|
2.433
|
0.405
|
0.489
|
2.468
|
|
|
|
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26 Feb 2007 : Column 1066W
£ million |
| Special Formula Grant | Capital | Airwave | Premises Improvement Fund | Total Specific Grants and Capital Provision | Total Specific Grants and Capital Provision in Real Terms |
2002-03
|
|
1.095
|
0.690
|
0.180
|
5.233
|
5.640
|
2003-04
|
|
1.403
|
0.154
|
0.410
|
6.474
|
6.776
|
2004-05
|
|
1.533
|
0.108
|
|
6.690
|
6.815
|
2005-06
|
|
1.696
|
0.278
|
|
7.622
|
7.622
|
2006-07(1, 2, 3)
|
1.815
|
1.577
|
|
|
8.221
|
8.006
|
2007-08(4)
|
1.815
|
1.379
|
|
|
8.989
|
8.524
|
(1) Prior to 2006-07 funding for pensions and security was included in general grant. These are now funded as specific grants (Gloucestershire received £7.8 million in security and pensions deficit grant in 2006-07 and is expected to receive £7.4 million
in 2007-08).
(2) Rural Policing Grant, Special Priority Payments and Forensic Grant were consolidated to form Special Formula Grant in 2006-07.
(3) An extra capital payment of £198,000 will be paid on 12 March 2007 for 2006-07 as announced on 19 February 2007.
(4) The Crime Fighting Fund was unring-fenced in December 2006.
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Police: Hertfordshire
Mike Penning:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received about the performance of police in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Hemel Hempstead in each of the last seven years. [120020]
Mr. McNulty:
The Home Office has received numerous representations regarding police forces in England and Wales. In addition, there have been formal reports published relating to the performance of the police service and of Hertfordshire Constabulary specifically. These can be found on the websites for Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) at:
and the Home Office at:
The most recent police performance assessments were published in October 2006.The latest HMIC publication regarding Hertfordshire Constabulary was the baseline assessment 2005-06, and regarding policing in the Western BCU (which covers Hemel Hempstead) the Western Area BCU inspection (January 2004) and follow-up inspection (December 2004).
Police: Manpower
Mr. Watson:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the recent changes in police numbers in England and Wales. [121116]
Mr. McNulty:
The information available is in the following tables and can be found at the following web address:
Table 1: Police officer strength by English Government office regions and Wales (full-time equivalents)( 1) |
| Police officers | Police officers less staff on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave (comparable with previously published figures) | Police officers |
| Strength as at: | Strength as at: | Change in 12 months | Change in 6 months |
| September 2005 | March 2006 | September 2006 | September 2005 | March 2006 | September 2006 | September 2005 to September 2006 | March 2006 to September 2006 |
English Government office regions and Wales | fte | fte | fte | fte | fte | fte | No. | % | No. | % |
North East
|
7,440
|
7,490
|
7,430
|
7,336
|
7,365
|
7,306
|
-10
|
-0.1
|
-60
|
-0.8
|
Cleveland
|
1,649
|
1,702
|
1,707
|
1,640
|
1,677
|
1,681
|
58
|
3.5
|
4
|
0.2
|
Durham
|
1,729
|
1,721
|
1,722
|
1,710
|
1,704
|
1,700
|
-7
|
-0.4
|
1
|
0.0
|
Northumbria
|
4,062
|
4,066
|
4,002
|
3,986
|
3,983
|
3,925
|
-61
|
-1.5
|
-65
|
-1.6
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
North West
|
19,461
|
19,491
|
19,403
|
19,217
|
19,213
|
19,137
|
-58
|
-0.3
|
-87
|
-0.4
|
Cheshire
|
2,209
|
2,218
|
2,213
|
2,161
|
2,174
|
2,170
|
4
|
0.2
|
-5
|
-0.2
|
Cumbria
|
1,263
|
1,265
|
1,276
|
1,241
|
1,230
|
1 ,247
|
13
|
1.1
|
11
|
0.9
|
Greater Manchester
|
8,060
|
8,071
|
7,930
|
7,966
|
7,959
|
7.825
|
-130
|
1.6
|
-141
|
-1.7
|
Lancashire
|
3,602
|
3,635
|
3,604
|
3,550
|
3,583
|
3,542
|
2
|
0.0
|
-31
|
-0.9
|
Merseyside
|
4,327
|
4,302
|
4,380
|
4,300
|
4,269
|
4,353
|
53
|
1.2
|
78
|
1.8
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
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26 Feb 2007 : Column 1068W
Yorkshire and the Humber
|
12,938
|
12,874
|
12,879
|
12,823
|
12,759
|
12,766
|
-59
|
-0.5
|
5
|
0.0
|
Humberside
|
2,267
|
2,232
|
2,251
|
2,244
|
2,224
|
2,243
|
-15
|
-0.7
|
19
|
0.9
|
North Yorkshire
|
1,591
|
1,653
|
1.654
|
1,582
|
1,636
|
1,642
|
63
|
4.0
|
1
|
0.1
|
South Yorkshire
|
3,351
|
3,305
|
3,271
|
3,306
|
3,255
|
3,236
|
-81
|
2 .4
|
-34
|
-1.0
|
West Yorkshire
|
5,729
|
5,685
|
5.703
|
5,691
|
5,644
|
5,645
|
-26
|
-0.5
|
19
|
0.3
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
East Midlands
|
9,454
|
9,436
|
9,334
|
9,354
|
9,304
|
9,202
|
-120
|
-1.3
|
-102
|
-1.1
|
Derbyshire
|
2,050
|
2,073
|
2,051
|
2,033
|
2,046
|
2,025
|
1
|
0.0
|
-22
|
-1.1
|
Leicestershire
|
2,278
|
2,277
|
2,235
|
2,254
|
2,250
|
2,206
|
-42
|
-1.9
|
-41
|
-1.8
|
Lincolnshire
|
1,221
|
1,236
|
1,217
|
1,207
|
1,213
|
1,195
|
-4
|
-0.3
|
-19
|
-1.5
|
Northamptonshire
|
1,343
|
1,338
|
1,344
|
1,320
|
1,317
|
1,325
|
1
|
0.1
|
6
|
0.4
|
Nottinghamshire
|
2,562
|
2,512
|
2,487
|
2,541
|
2,477
|
2,452
|
-76
|
-3.0
|
-25
|
-1.0
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
West Midlands
|
13,868
|
13,919
|
13,958
|
13,727
|
13,753
|
13,828
|
89
|
0.6
|
38
|
0.3
|
Staffordshire
|
2,286
|
2,303
|
2,300
|
2,254
|
2,273
|
2,273
|
14
|
0.6
|
-2
|
-0.1
|
Warwickshire
|
1,002
|
1,040
|
1,043
|
999
|
1,032
|
1,041
|
40
|
4.0
|
3
|
0.3
|
West Mercia
|
2,398
|
2,385
|
2,390
|
2,363
|
2,351
|
2,362
|
-7
|
-0.3
|
5
|
0.2
|
West Midlands
|
8,182
|
8,192
|
8,224
|
8,111
|
8,097
|
8,153
|
42
|
0.5
|
33
|
0.4
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
Eastern
|
10,926
|
11,043
|
11,051
|
10,792
|
10,888
|
10,896
|
125
|
1.1
|
8
|
0.1
|
Bedfordshire
|
1,226
|
1,225
|
1,224
|
1,207
|
1.197
|
1,205
|
-3
|
-0.2
|
-1
|
-0.1
|
Cambridgeshire
|
1,463
|
1,449
|
1,446
|
1,444
|
1,430
|
1,424
|
-17
|
-1.2
|
-3
|
-0.2
|
Essex
|
3,208
|
3,322
|
3,307
|
3,168
|
3,279
|
3,264
|
100
|
3.1
|
-15
|
-0.4
|
Hertfordshire
|
2,145
|
2,166
|
2,170
|
2,118
|
2,126
|
2,127
|
25
|
1.1
|
4
|
0.2
|
Norfolk
|
1,577
|
1,575
|
1,568
|
1,559
|
1,557
|
1,556
|
-9
|
-0.6
|
-7
|
-0.4
|
Suffolk
|
1,307
|
1 ,307
|
1,337
|
1,296
|
1,300
|
1,320
|
30
|
2.3
|
29
|
2.2
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
London
|
32,015
|
31,822
|
31,773
|
31,651
|
31,405
|
31,348
|
-242
|
-0.8
|
-50
|
-0.2
|
London, City of
|
890
|
875
|
862
|
883
|
869
|
854
|
-29
|
-32
|
-13
|
1.5
|
Metropolitan police
|
31,125
|
30,948
|
30,911
|
30,767
|
30,536
|
30,494
|
-214
|
-0.7
|
-37
|
-0.1
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
South East
|
16,738
|
16,829
|
16,941
|
16,437
|
16,547
|
16,646
|
203
|
1.2
|
111
|
0.7
|
Hampshire
|
3,800
|
3,798
|
3,840
|
3,710
|
3,705
|
3,749
|
40
|
1.1
|
42
|
1.1
|
Kent
|
3,632
|
3,648
|
3,685
|
3,577
|
3,599
|
3,630
|
53
|
1.5
|
37
|
1.0
|
Surrey
|
1,948
|
1,967
|
1,969
|
1,906
|
1,922
|
1,919
|
21
|
1.1
|
1
|
0.1
|
Sussex
|
3,140
|
3,127
|
3,141
|
3,100
|
3,092
|
3,105
|
1
|
0.0
|
14
|
0.4
|
Thames Valley
|
4,217
|
4,288
|
4,305
|
4,144
|
4,229
|
4,242
|
88
|
2.1
|
17
|
0.4
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
South West
|
10,791
|
11,024
|
11,007
|
10,685
|
10,874
|
10,850
|
216
|
2.0
|
-17
|
-0.2
|
Avon and Somerset
|
3,310
|
3,439
|
3,460
|
3,294
|
3,389
|
3,405
|
150
|
4.5
|
21
|
0.6
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
3,448
|
3,540
|
3,511
|
3,405
|
3,493
|
3,463
|
63
|
1.8
|
-29
|
-0.8
|
Dorset
|
1,490
|
1,512
|
1,528
|
1,463
|
1,485
|
1,493
|
38
|
2.5
|
16
|
1.1
|
Gloucestershire
|
1,305
|
1,303
|
1,310
|
1,291
|
1,289
|
1.294
|
5
|
0.4
|
7
|
0.5
|
Wiltshire
|
1,238
|
1,230
|
1,198
|
1,232
|
1,219
|
1,194
|
-40
|
-3.2
|
-32
|
-2.6
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
Wales
|
7,649
|
7,599
|
7,579
|
7,575
|
7,529
|
7,509
|
-71
|
-0.9
|
-20
|
-0.3
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
1,178
|
1,194
|
1,188
|
1,162
|
1,182
|
1,174
|
10
|
0.9
|
-6
|
-0.5
|
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Gwent
|
1,472
|
1,467
|
1,489
|
1,472
|
1,467
|
1,489
|
17
|
1.2
|
22
|
15
|
North Wales
|
1,644
|
1,634
|
1,588
|
1,627
|
1,617
|
1,572
|
-56
|
-3.4
|
-46
|
-2.8
|
South Wales
|
3,355
|
3,303
|
3,313
|
3,314
|
3,263
|
3,274
|
-42
|
-1.3
|
10
|
0.3
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
Total of all 43 forces
|
141,281
|
141,527
|
141,354
|
139,597
|
139,636
|
139,486
|
73
|
0.1
|
-173
|
-0.1
|
Central Service secondments
|
611
|
538
|
519
|
611
|
538
|
519
|
-92
|
-15.1
|
-19
|
-3.5
|
British Transport Police
|
2,319
|
2,499
|
2,492
|
2,291
|
2,481
|
2,451
|
173
|
7.5
|
-7
|
-0.3
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
Total police officer strength
|
144,211
|
144,564
|
144,365
|
142,499
|
142,655
|
142,456
|
154
|
0.1
|
-200
|
-0.1
|
Total police officer strength (excluding BTP)
|
141,892
|
142,065
|
141,873
|
140,208
|
140,174
|
140,005
|
-19
|
0.0
|
-193
|
-0.1
|
(1) This table contains full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Because of rounding, there may be an apparent discrepancy between totals and the sums of the constituent items.
|