4 Dec 2007 : Column 1109W—continued
Police: Greater London
Mr. Boris Johnson:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there were in (a) London and (b) each London borough in each year since 1997. [166922]
Mr. McNulty:
The available information is in the following tables. Police officer figures for London boroughs were collected centrally from 2003.
[Official Report, 20 February 2008, Vol. 472, c. 5MC.]| Number of police officers for London and London boroughs: 1997 to 2007( 1) |
| Table A: Police officers (FTE) for London: 1997 to 2002( 1) |
| | Year ending 31 March: |
| | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
|
London(2)
|
27,536
|
26,919
|
26,851
|
26,217
|
25,581
|
26,987
|
| Table B: Police officers (FTE) for London and London boroughs: 2003 to 2007( 1) |
| | Year ending 31 March: |
| | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|
Barking and Dagenham
|
360
|
384
|
419
|
426
|
427
|
|
Barnet
|
522
|
541
|
561
|
554
|
551
|
|
Bexley
|
315
|
338
|
383
|
361
|
371
|
|
Brent
|
619
|
683
|
679
|
667
|
672
|
|
Bromley
|
417
|
459
|
489
|
484
|
493
|
|
Camden
|
719
|
794
|
850
|
854
|
812
|
|
City of Westminster
|
1,565
|
1,637
|
1,617
|
1,572
|
1,561
|
|
Croydon
|
624
|
659
|
692
|
694
|
684
|
|
Ealing
|
652
|
697
|
686
|
673
|
681
|
|
Enfield
|
490
|
538
|
575
|
560
|
582
|
|
Greenwich
|
604
|
583
|
605
|
615
|
632
|
|
Hackney
|
673
|
766
|
789
|
767
|
744
|
4 Dec 2007 : Column 1110W
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
513
|
516
|
526
|
553
|
562
|
|
Haringey
|
633
|
682
|
683
|
717
|
689
|
|
Harrow
|
302
|
333
|
342
|
347
|
354
|
|
Havering
|
340
|
343
|
383
|
380
|
383
|
|
Hillingdon
|
458
|
484
|
498
|
506
|
495
|
|
Hounslow
|
467
|
472
|
510
|
501
|
519
|
|
Islington
|
623
|
680
|
683
|
685
|
678
|
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
528
|
575
|
562
|
574
|
568
|
|
Kingston upon Thames
|
272
|
275
|
298
|
307
|
294
|
|
Lambeth
|
968
|
941
|
984
|
994
|
953
|
|
Lewisham
|
571
|
625
|
646
|
649
|
619
|
|
Merton
|
304
|
339
|
352
|
353
|
377
|
|
Newham
|
692
|
781
|
782
|
781
|
758
|
|
Redbridge
|
393
|
440
|
459
|
471
|
467
|
|
Richmond upon Thames
|
284
|
285
|
287
|
294
|
303
|
|
Southwark
|
838
|
869
|
891
|
873
|
846
|
|
Sutton
|
266
|
280
|
291
|
307
|
306
|
|
Tower Hamlets
|
686
|
760
|
761
|
775
|
756
|
|
Waltham Forest
|
486
|
533
|
546
|
556
|
543
|
|
Wandsworth
|
557
|
612
|
582
|
607
|
599
|
| | | | | | |
|
City of London
|
434
|
445
|
438
|
438
|
412
|
| | | | | | |
|
London(2)
|
28,792
|
30,588
|
31,586
|
31,823
|
31,564
|
(1) All figures are full-time equivalents (FTE) rounded to the nearest whole number.
(2) The London totals comprise officer totals for Metropolitan police and City of London police. They are ‘not’ totals of the London boroughs because they also include Heathrow and Central Services. Excludes officers on career breaks and maternity/paternity leave.
|
Prostitution
Mr. MacShane:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many men were (a) arrested and (b) prosecuted for crimes arising from them paying for sex in each of the last five years. [165133]
Mr. Coaker:
The arrests collection undertaken by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform only provides data on persons arrested for recorded crime (notifiable offences) by age group, gender, ethnicity, and main offence group, i.e. violence against the person, sexual offences, robbery, burglary, etc. More detailed data about specific offences do not form part of this collection.
The following table sets out the number of men proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts in England and Wales between 2001 and 2005 for offences related to paying for sex.
| Number of male persons proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for selected sexual offences, England and Wales 2001-05( 1, 2) |
| | Offence description | Principal statute | Proceeded against |
| | | | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
|
2700
|
Soliciting by a man
|
Sexual Offences Act 1956 S.32
|
10
|
7
|
15
|
6
|
1
|
|
7104
|
Paying for sex with a female child under 16—no penetration
|
Sexual Offences Act 2003 S.47(1,2,4b)
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
1
|
—
|
|
7105
|
Paying for sex with a male child under 16—no penetration
|
Sexual Offences Act 2003 8:47(1,2,45)
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
—
|
3
|
|
7114
|
Paying for sex with a female child under 16—penetration
|
Sexual Offences Act 2003 8.47(1 afbIci,2,4a,6)
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
1
|
—
|
4 Dec 2007 : Column 1111W
4 Dec 2007 : Column 1112W
|
16501
|
Kerb-crawling
|
Sexual Offences Act 1985 Sec 1.
|
914
|
1,047
|
944
|
836
|
710
|
|
16502
|
Persistent soliciting of women for the purpose of prostitution
|
Sexual Offences Act 1985 Sec 2.
|
97
|
119
|
69
|
64
|
41
|
| |
Total
| |
1,021
|
1,173
|
1,028
|
908
|
755
|
(1) These data are provided on the principal offence basis (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (3) Data not applicable (2003 Sexual Offences Act did not come into force until 2004).
|
