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Police: East Sussex

Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crime scene investigators are in post in each police force in East Sussex; and what percentage of those are civilians. [151364]

Mr. McNulty: This is a matter for the chief constable of Sussex police.

Police: Road Traffic Control

Susan Kramer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of police officers were dedicated traffic police officers in each year since 1999, broken down by region. [151827]

Mr. McNulty: The available data are for the number of full-time equivalent police officers primarily employed in the function “traffic”.


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The data are available at police force region level from 2002-03 onwards and are given in the following table:

Police officers (FTE)( 1) whose main function( 2) is ‘Traffic’ broken down by region from 31 March 2002 to 31 March 2006
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06

North East

419

445

275

333

North West

1,030

1,008

966

873

Yorkshire and the Humber

775

698

776

762

East Midlands

385

497

495

494

West Midlands

829

672

661

642

Eastern

739

765

756

763

London

607

616

1,057

627

South East

882

778

881

852

South West

650

668

681

596

Wales

587

559

556

569

(1) This and other tables contain full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Figures include those officers on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave.
(2) Staff with multiple responsibilities (or designations) are recorded under their primary role or function. The traffic function includes staff who are predominantly employed on motorcycles or in patrol vehicles for the policing of traffic and motorway related duties. This does not include officers employed in accident investigation, vehicle examination and radar duties.

Serious Organised Crime Agency: Labour Turnover

Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people who transferred to the Serious Organised Crime Agency as sworn constables left the agency in each month since its formation; and what proportion this is of the number of (a) sworn constable staff and (b) staff. [149768]

Jacqui Smith: Since 1 April 2006, 78 sworn constables have left SOCA. This number includes 11 who remained as secondees in SOCA rather than accept SOCA terms and conditions and who have returned to their home force on conclusion of their secondment.

The following table gives details on a monthly basis against (a) those holding powers of a constable, and (b) all staff in SOCA.

Month left Numbers of former police officers directly employed at 1 April 2006 leaving each month Constables leaving each month as percentage of constables at start Constables leaving each month as percentage of total direct employees at start (4069)

July 2006

2

0.18

0.05

August 2006

2

0.18

0.05

September 2006

5

0.44

0.12

October 2006

3

0.26

0.07

November 2006

4

0.35

0.10

December 2006

4

0.35

0.10

January 2007

9

0.79

0.22

February 2007

6

0.53

0.15

March 2007

9

0.79

0.22

April 2007

9

0.79

0.22

May 2007

10

0.88

0.25

June 2007

8

0.70

0.20

July 2007

6

0.53

0.15

August 2007

1

0.09

0.02

Total

78

6.80

1.90


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Speed Limits: Fines

Mr. Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were fined for speeding in each of the last five years, broken down by police force area. [152043]


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Mr. Coaker: Information on the number of people fined for speeding from 2000 to 2004, broken down by police force area, is provided in the following table.

Data for 2005 will be available from autumn 2007.

Number of court imposed fines( 1) at magistrates courts( 2) and fixed penalty notices issued( 3) for speed limit offences( 4) , by police force area, England and Wales , 2000- 04
2000 2001 2002
Police force area Court imposed fine Fixed penalty notices issued( 3) Court imposed fine Fixed penalty notices issued( 3) Court imposed fine Fixed penalty notices issued( 3)

Avon and Somerset

4,344

36,122

5,709

30,339

4,974

53,846

Bedfordshire

2,019

16,707

2,332

13,415

1,551

40,338

Cambridgeshire

1,625

8,708

756

6,777

521

15,435

Cheshire

4,591

15,356

3,899

16,694

3,969

13,578

Cleveland

984

23,228

1,323

24,160

1,120

25,264

Cumbria

1,521

4,103

1,548

3,649

1,604

5,797

Derbyshire

4,933

18,291

6,005

24,949

3,685

71,965

Devon and Cornwall

4,247

28,091

3,809

33,389

3,415

31,144

Dorset

1,213

18,305

902

19,605

999

18,686

Durham

1,364

9,180

1,749

14,156

1,603

7,697

Essex

6,275

(5)56,010

9,131

(5)87,038

14,570

(5)101,063

Gloucestershire

2,131

5,781

1,835

4,097

877

3,898

Greater Manchester

14,505

59,765

10,375

50,448

7,182

35,861

Hampshire

5,995

27,566

5,416

28,995

4,949

31,867

Hertfordshire

2,277

23,956

2,088

23,474

2,334

23,203

Humberside

1,906

22,209

2,434

17,228

1,131

13,399

Kent

2,245

24,617

2,367

23,044

1,670

36,645

Lancashire

5,166

29,683

4,370

27,993

3,833

158,163

Leicestershire

2,001

8,094

1,750

7,750

1,726

17,903

Lincolnshire

3,528

26,319

4,131

31,487

3,692

27,490

London, City of

163

353

101

713

560

4,782

Merseyside

1,322

7,385

635

4,100

579

6,484

Metropolitan Police

8,269

54,843

8,840

58,412

7,530

53,334

Norfolk

1,374

4,783

1,449

5,166

1,269

17,116

Northamptonshire

246

(5)34,809

403

79,627

222

60,459

Northumbria

3,519

24,265

2,352

40,726

2,555

41,050

North Yorkshire

1,208

5,295

1,412

7,436

1,236

5,412

Nottinghamshire

1,332

23,766

1,707

24,556

2,025

35,771

South Yorkshire

2,484

20,987

2,587

21,566

1,776

16,096

Staffordshire

1,815

13,969

929

20,372

1,091

29,094

Suffolk

1,210

12,596

1,236

12,416

1,266

9,477

Surrey

2,911

12,072

3,457

10,424

2,005

6,052

Sussex

3,492

24,990

2,619

18,513

1,745

23,550

Thames Valley

7,801

71,888

9,190

154,524

10,989

121,677

Warwickshire

4,636

2,099

3,624

3,136

1,743

14,999

West Mercia

2,696

22,150

2,586

30,504

2,214

29,098

West Midlands

3,455

5,668

3,949

15,806

4,706

17,762

West Yorkshire

5,619

24,595

4,442

20,937

2,295

32,126

Wiltshire

2,301

16,351

2,163

17,941

2,678

27,975

Dyfed-Powys

913

8,840

650

6,868

614

12,343

Gwent

4,036

16,518

2,813

13,209

2,238

2,960

North Wales

2,810

16,980

2,655

20,245

3,834

44,459

South Wales

2,706

54,383

1,754

75,224

1,980

61,948

England and Wales

139,188

(5)941,676

133,482

(5)1,151,108

122,555

(5)1,407,266


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