17 Dec 2007 : Column 970W—continued
17 Dec 2007 : Column 971W
Mr. Meacher:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she plans to introduce secondary legislation to authorise the police and security services to access the travel details of individuals by road, train and air. [172481]
Mr. McNulty
[holding answer 10 December 2007]: Provisions in the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (IAN Act 2006) and Police and Justice Act 2006 introduced new police powers to capture passenger, crew and service information on international and domestic air and sea journeys. The IAN Act 2006 also introduced a power to allow the police, Border and Immigration Agency and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs to disclose passenger, crew, service and other travel related data, held by them, to the security and intelligence agencies, where those data are likely to be of use for their statutory purposes. The intention is that these powers will be brought into force by order in 2008. An order made under the Channel Tunnel Act 1987 will also be made to extend the police data acquisition and sharing powers to cover international train journeys. There is no secondary legislation planned that relates to the capture of data about individuals travelling by road.
Mr. Ruffley:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many police officers there
17 Dec 2007 : Column 972W
were per head of population in (a) each police force and (b) total in each year since 1997; [172857]
(2) how many members of the special constabulary there were in each police force area, in each year since 1997; [172859]
(3) how many civilian staff were employed by each police force in each year since 1997; and how many of those civilians were employed to perform tasks previously performed by uniformed officers. [172862]
Mr. McNulty:
The information requested is published annually in the Home Office Statistical Bulletin series ‘Police Service Strength, England and Wales.’ The bulletins are available in the Library of the House, and can be downloaded from the publications link within the Research Development and Statistics directorate website located at:
Information for the number of civilian staff employed to perform tasks previously performed by uniformed officers is not collected centrally.
Mr. Ruffley:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the police authority precept was for each authority in England and Wales in each financial year since 1997. [172866]
Mr. McNulty:
The information requested is provided in the following table.
| Precept (Band D) increases by force 1997-98 to 2007-08 |
| £ |
| Force | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
52.04
|
54.86
|
60.62
|
67.59
|
72.66
|
83.40
|
111.64
|
125.09
|
131.34
|
137.84
|
147.17
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
52.51
|
55.84
|
61.36
|
66.98
|
70.26
|
78.69
|
93.44
|
107.17
|
111.98
|
117.55
|
123.43
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
51.03
|
48.24
|
52.11
|
62.46
|
68.04
|
94.59
|
113.31
|
129.33
|
135.54
|
142.29
|
149.40
|
|
Cheshire
|
51.16
|
53.86
|
56.28
|
61.06
|
64.66
|
73.54
|
88.10
|
97.71
|
102.60
|
108.49
|
116.03
|
|
Cleveland
|
54.87
|
48.43
|
62.55
|
65.58
|
69.51
|
96.13
|
120.22
|
136.84
|
143.68
|
150.72
|
158.10
|
|
Cumbria
|
58.20
|
72.35
|
78.27
|
84.23
|
90.60
|
100.48
|
130.71
|
150.28
|
155.43
|
163.08
|
171.09
|
|
Derbyshire
|
51.31
|
57.30
|
65.85
|
71.12
|
75.38
|
91.96
|
111.77
|
122.88
|
129.02
|
135.15
|
141.91
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
49.79
|
48.30
|
53.52
|
58.87
|
61.81
|
73.80
|
103.27
|
113.39
|
119.62
|
125.53
|
131.73
|
|
Dorset
|
63.59
|
70.61
|
77.13
|
84.42
|
92.25
|
103.50
|
123.39
|
135.36
|
142.11
|
149.13
|
156.51
|
|
Durham
|
52.20
|
48.60
|
50.40
|
52.65
|
56.43
|
64.44
|
79.56
|
91.53
|
96.03
|
100.80
|
135.72
|
|
Essex
|
54.09
|
62.28
|
65.07
|
67.95
|
71.01
|
77.67
|
92.97
|
99.27
|
104.76
|
110.97
|
116.46
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
51.17
|
57.74
|
68.90
|
77.98
|
82.05
|
94.01
|
142.59
|
156.71
|
162.90
|
170.96
|
179.49
|
|
Hampshire
|
51.75
|
50.13
|
53.91
|
55.08
|
59.04
|
75.15
|
97.29
|
108.36
|
113.76
|
119.43
|
125.37
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
51.51
|
58.83
|
63.54
|
67.99
|
72.39
|
81.01
|
98.28
|
112.53
|
118.09
|
123.98
|
130.17
|
|
Humberside
|
52.47
|
52.47
|
54.81
|
60.30
|
85.77
|
95.40
|
113.04
|
129.96
|
135.72
|
142.47
|
149.58
|
|
Kent
|
51.59
|
48.41
|
52.48
|
55.73
|
60.26
|
73.64
|
94.95
|
105.66
|
110.88
|
116.37
|
122.18
|
|
Lancashire
|
53.25
|
53.41
|
57.69
|
62.60
|
67.89
|
73.86
|
87.57
|
100.70
|
107.72
|
113.09
|
125.95
|
|
Leicestershire
|
52.26
|
61.21
|
63.79
|
67.80
|
75.52
|
95.21
|
104.77
|
120.11
|
126.04
|
132.33
|
138.96
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
69.03
|
78.93
|
81.99
|
86.49
|
90.36
|
94.86
|
104.40
|
112.23
|
119.43
|
125.37
|
131.58
|
|
Norfolk
|
50.58
|
53.64
|
64.35
|
72.09
|
83.61
|
100.35
|
121.95
|
138.69
|
145.53
|
154.17
|
164.88
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
70.56
|
69.29
|
76.08
|
79.65
|
83.00
|
105.25
|
130.09
|
149.43
|
154.41
|
162.11
|
170.21
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
49.72
|
48.46
|
52.20
|
57.04
|
62.59
|
88.59
|
156.00
|
171.50
|
176.00
|
180.00
|
185.40
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
49.78
|
54.32
|
61.55
|
65.17
|
70.17
|
85.17
|
109.30
|
120.12
|
126.01
|
132.24
|
138.78
|
|
Staffordshire
|
54.74
|
72.42
|
78.86
|
83.43
|
94.37
|
100.93
|
126.50
|
138.44
|
145.28
|
152.53
|
160.15
|
|
Suffolk
|
51.39
|
52.38
|
56.16
|
61.11
|
67.14
|
82.08
|
109.35
|
119.70
|
125.01
|
130.86
|
137.34
|
|
Surrey
|
44.64
|
66.06
|
75.24
|
79.41
|
83.08
|
96.44
|
135.09
|
147.06
|
154.26
|
163.26
|
171.27
|
|
Sussex
|
51.66
|
50.94
|
53.19
|
55.53
|
59.13
|
69.84
|
97.74
|
105.12
|
110.25
|
115.74
|
122.67
|
|
Thames Valley
|
52.79
|
50.76
|
56.53
|
60.34
|
64.49
|
73.49
|
106.24
|
120.51
|
126.28
|
132.58
|
139.19
|
|
Warwickshire
|
52.24
|
62.09
|
71.18
|
77.57
|
85.17
|
101.78
|
117.30
|
126.55
|
132.52
|
138.95
|
145.90
|
17 Dec 2007 : Column 973W
17 Dec 2007 : Column 974W
|
West Mercia
|
50.87
|
53.64
|
59.00
|
74.06
|
78.50
|
104.50
|
119.80
|
137.69
|
143.17
|
150.24
|
157.66
|
|
Wiltshire
|
55.22
|
62.77
|
6898
|
75.84
|
83.26
|
91.54
|
109.68
|
120.63
|
126.63
|
132.84
|
139.35
|
|
Total Shires
|
52.79
|
56.00
|
61.24
|
66.41
|
71.85
|
84.78
|
108.71
|
121.12
|
126.97
|
133.31
|
140.94
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Greater Manchester
|
54.10
|
56.28
|
60.22
|
62.72
|
64.66
|
68.86
|
91.65
|
98.52
|
105.41
|
110.67
|
116.19
|
|
Merseyside
|
66.87
|
71.78
|
77.44
|
81.31
|
85.37
|
94.76
|
101.54
|
110.17
|
115.68
|
121.46
|
127.53
|
|
Northumbria
|
52.73
|
47.67
|
49.82
|
52.06
|
55.65
|
58.15
|
63.80
|
66.93
|
70.03
|
71.78
|
74.62
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
53.29
|
54.28
|
56.72
|
59.26
|
62.79
|
74.09
|
94.30
|
102.79
|
107.88
|
113.27
|
118.92
|
|
West Midlands
|
53.20
|
48.99
|
51.19
|
54.77
|
57.21
|
61.88
|
71.16
|
80.08
|
83.68
|
87.55
|
91.47
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
53.17
|
52.41
|
54.76
|
58.73
|
60.82
|
75.92
|
88.81
|
102.06
|
107.05
|
112.40
|
118.02
|
|
Total METS
|
55.05
|
54.52
|
57.59
|
60.76
|
63.50
|
71.06
|
84.50
|
92.98
|
97.94
|
102.56
|
107.48
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Total England (exc. London)
|
53.34
|
55.65
|
60.37
|
65.09
|
69.90
|
81.57
|
103.07
|
114.60
|
120.25
|
126.20
|
133.22
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Metropolitan
|
63.27
|
76.48
|
82.51
|
90.95
|
118.85
|
130.59
|
159.13
|
184.08
|
196.28
|
210.82
|
223.60
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Total England (inc. London)
|
55.09
|
59.32
|
64.26
|
69.30
|
77.80
|
89.52
|
112.16
|
125.91
|
132.62
|
139.97
|
147.901
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
48.42
|
59.58
|
72.99
|
85.41
|
90.90
|
98.10
|
124.11
|
142.65
|
143.10
|
150.21
|
157.68
|
|
Gwent
|
49.10
|
54.36
|
59.74
|
74.97
|
84.03
|
95.17
|
119.11
|
139.13
|
145.07
|
152.32
|
159.94
|
|
North Wales
|
48.52
|
58.54
|
66.33
|
78.49
|
82.72
|
96.53
|
126.94
|
151.57
|
158.94
|
166.89
|
178.16
|
|
South Wales
|
49.22
|
56.25
|
65.36
|
80.42
|
85.57
|
89.85
|
103.51
|
115.71
|
120.40
|
126.42
|
132.74
|
|
Total Wales
|
48.89
|
57.03
|
65.91
|
79.84
|
85.54
|
93.87
|
115.60
|
133.34
|
138.22
|
145.07
|
153.03
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Total England and Wales
|
54.74
|
59.19
|
64.36
|
69.89
|
78.24
|
89.77
|
112.36
|
126.33
|
132.95
|
140.28
|
148.21
|
Sources:
English Police Authorities — DCLG
Welsh Police Authorities - WAG
|
