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Police: Ethnic Groups

Peter Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many black and Asian officers have applied to become a Commander or Deputy Assistant Commissioner in the Metropolitan Police in the last four years; and how many have been successful. [129059]

Mr. McNulty: In the last four years the Metropolitan Police Authority has held three competitions for Commander posts and four for Deputy Assistant Commissioner posts. For the Commander posts a total of 53 applications were made and 18 officers were appointed. Two of the applicants were from minority ethnic groups; one of those applicants applied on two occasions. Neither applicant was successful.

For the Deputy Assistant Commissioner posts a total of 41 applications were made and 12 officers were appointed. One of the applicants was from a minority ethnic group; that applicant applied on all four occasions but was not successful.

Police: Finance

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average Band D police precept on council tax was in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) England and Wales in actual prices in each year since 1997. [129451]

Mr. McNulty: The information requested is set out in the following table.

Precepts for police authorities in England and Wales since 1997-98
£
	Average police precept on council tax (Band D)
	England	Wales	England and Wales
1997-98	55.09	48.89	54.74
1998-99	59.32	57.03	59.19
1999-2000	64.26	65.91	64.36
2000-01	69.30	79.84	69.89
2001-02	77.80	85.54	78.24
2002-03	89.52	93.87	89.77
2003-04	112.16	115.60	112.36
2004-05	125.91	133.34	126.33
2005-06	132.62	138.22	132.95
2006-07	139.97	145.07	140.28
2007-08	147.90	153.03	148.21
Source: Department for Communities and Local Government and Welsh Assembly Government

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Police: Misconduct

Peter Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration has been given to misconduct proceedings against officers involved in the interception of telephone conversations between Chief Superintendent Dizaei and members of the Black Police Association. [129056]

Mr. McNulty: The question of any misconduct proceedings is an operational matter for the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.

Peter Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department why an independent review of Operation Helios as recommended by the Morris Inquiry has not been instituted. [129057]

Mr. McNulty: The Morris Inquiry was commissioned by the Metropolitan Police Service and, the implementation of any recommendations is a matter for it and the Metropolitan Police Authority.

Peter Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much (a) has been paid and (b) he estimates may have to be paid in the future by the (i) Metropolitan Police and (ii) Metropolitan Police Authority to officers involved in Operation Helios. [129058]

Mr. McNulty: Any payments to officers involved in Operation Helios are matters for the Metropolitan Police and the Metropolitan Police Authority.

Police: Pay

Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 8 March 2007, Official Report, column 257W, on police pay, how much overtime was paid to (a) police officers, (b) police community support officers and (c) civilian staff in each year since 1997, broken down by police force area. [128873]

Mr. McNulty [holding answer 22 March 2007]: Data on police overtime is produced by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy.

Police officer and staff overtime for 1997-98 to 2006-07, broken down by police force area is shown in the table. The figure for PCSO overtime is included in the figure for police staff.

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Police Officer overtime costs
	Overtime spend £000
Force	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Avon and Somerset	2,835	3,103	4,054	3,443	5,112	7,000	6,899	6,870	5,351
Bedfordshire	1,603	2,132	2,372	2,709	3,992	4,106	4,708	4,693	4,181
Cambridgeshire	2,008	2,081	2,279	2,920	4,102	5,175	4,238	—	5,550
Cheshire	2,946	2,875	3,406	3,175	3,200	4,751	4,261	3,278	3,951
City of London	1,554	1,386	1,934	2,065	2,375	2,602	2,135	2,185	1,955
Cleveland	1,691	1,986	2,713	2,096	2,996	4,035	3,479	2,188	4,038
Cumbria	1,256	1,376	1,865	1,730	2,095	—	2,314	2,201	2,317
Derbyshire	2,108	2,287	3,512	2,718	3,278	4,010	3,542	4,009	3,822
Devon and Cornwall	3,634	3,988	4,653	4,831	7,658	6,441	5,476	6,026	6,566
Dorset	1,606	1,619	1,812	1,976	2,233	2,880	2,790	3,581	3,089
Durham	2,046	2,550	2,835	2,538	3,083	3,151	2,868	3,325	3,158
Dyfed-Powys	1,437	1,504	1,582	1,694	2,017	2,458	1,794	1,936	2,163
Essex	4,983	6,117	7,204	8,708	8,401	10,601	8,678	10,444	10,688
Gloucestershire	1,625	1,826	2,416	2,209	2,337	3,257	3,430	2,766	3,273
Greater Manchester	7,907	8,902	13,999	12,518	15,981	19,438	14,727	16,138	16,226
Gwent	1,788	1,954	2,934	2,993	3,020	3,184	4,077	3,447	4,123
Hampshire	6,016	7,367	8,322	7,109	8,557	11,603	9,703	11,818	11,243
Hertfordshire	2,907	2,806	3,840	7,056	—	9,036	7,494	6,854	6,576
Humberside	3,046	3,304	4,259	4,486	5,760	5,790	5,375	5,896	5,991
Kent	4,984	5,307	6,695	6,941	7,420	10,301	9,523	9,877	11,405
Lancashire	4,006	4,853	3,360	4,772	6,773	9,595	7,758	7,057	7,226
Leicestershire	2,634	2,787	3,122	2,946	3,305	4,404	4,123	4,342	4,720
Lincolnshire	1,781	1,702	2,380	2,945	2,537	3,199	2,193	2,856	2,345
Merseyside	6,372	8,411	9,207	8,848	10,455	11,144	11,637	12,577	12,103
Metropolitan Police	57,483	61,816	83,713	94,930	96,428	112,228	132,815	135,717	150,274
Norfolk	3,260	2,826	3,694	3,848	3,737	3,884	3,653	3,950	3,640
North Wales	1,798	1,798	2,389	2,594	2,740	3,446	3,885	3,403	4,099
North Yorkshire	2,111	2,364	3,048	3,738	3,584	3,534	3,199	3,690	4,889
Northamptonshire	1,865	2,181	2,157	2,197	—	2,688	1,311	2,991	2,246
Northumbria	5,037	5,007	3,970	4,421	4,776	6,217	6,452	7,395	7,736
Nottinghamshire	2,215	2,660	3,567	3,210	4,304	4,626	—	6,782	5,886
South Wales	2,599	2,805	3,845	4,181	3,993	4,977	5,328	6,291	5,002
South Yorkshire	5,661	5,712	6,218	5,605	—	8,097	7,601	8,962	9,467
Staffordshire	3,080	3,347	—	4,664	5,089	7,580	6,241	5,973	6,054
Suffolk	1,304	1,421	1,367	1,760	1,775	1,815	2,031	2,171	2,041
Surrey	—	2,457	3,999	5,028	5,674	6,573	5,676	6,228	6,322
Sussex	3,985	3,753	—	14,418	8,159	6,098	7,971	8,887	8,213
Thames Valley	7,408	6,919	7,713	8,381	12,052	12,006	11,504	12,345	11,810
Warwickshire	1,077	1,372	1,585	1,773	1,811	2,207	1,945	2,279	3,056
West Mercia	2,654	2,896	3,088	3,837	4,495	4,857	4,503	4,491	4,107
West Midlands	8,657	10,283	9,838	11,366	—	18,785	16,637	18,009	23,496
West Yorkshire	6,461	5,365	6,746	7,322	11,839	13,510	10,997	13,549	13,323
Wiltshire	1,408	1,535	2,028	1,850	1,770	1,940	1,440	2,430	1,903
Source: CIPFA Police Statistics: Actuals 2005/06—1997/98

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