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Police: Airports

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 11 March 2008, Official Report, columns 11-12WS, on policing (UK borders), how much each airport operator has reimbursed police authorities for the costs of uniformed police officers at airports designated under section 25 of the Aviation Security Act 1982 in the latest period for which figures are available. [194698]

Mr. McNulty [holding answer 17 March 2008 ]: I refer the hon. Member to my previous answer on this matter of 13 March 2008, Official Report, column 612W.

This information is not held centrally. There is no requirement for the police or airport operator to provide Government with the details of the agreed policing provision or the related costs. The number and cost of uniformed police officers at designated airports is for negotiation at local level by the airport operator and police.

However, the Government are also considering how to implement the conclusions of the independent report into airport policing, with the aim of clarifying the roles and responsibilities of the police, airport operators and other agencies to deliver a high level of security at UK airports and we will set out proposals on this later in the year.

Police: Internet

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent on the website www.direct.gov.uk/neighbourhoodpolicing in each month since its inception; what the budget for the website is for 2008-09; how many staff are employed to maintain the website; and how many unique visitors there were to the website in each month since its inception. [200384]

Mr. Byrne: It is not possible to extract the costs of this website from the others we manage.

Police: Labour Turnover

Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers left each police force due to (a) retirement, (b) resignation, (c) transfer to another force and (d) other reasons in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and if she will make a statement. [201809]

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Mr. McNulty: Data for police officer leavers during 2007-08 are scheduled for publication at the end of July 2008. The available data for 2006-07 are given in the following table.

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Police officer leavers( 1) by police force area (FTE)( 2) for 2006-07( 3, 4)
	Retirements	Resignations	Transfers	Other
Avon and Somerset	77	35	27	1
Bedfordshire	27	23	16	6
Cambridgeshire	42	28	18	1
Cheshire	64	24	13	4
Cleveland	38	25	11	0
Cumbria	29	17	2	0
Derbyshire	84	41	8	6
Devon and Cornwall	84	34	17	6
Dorset	77	19	9	3
Durham	38	16	9	0
Dyfed-Powys	31	8	10	0
Essex	108	81	119	9
Gloucestershire	46	20	6	3
Greater Manchester	232	159	86	12
Gwent	36	16	13	2
Hampshire	120	49	35	2
Hertfordshire	42	63	68	5
Humberside	71	34	14	2
Kent	134	49	40	3
Lancashire	116	32	17	9
Leicestershire	74	27	31	7
Lincolnshire	63	16	14	4
London, City of	30	11	24	2
Merseyside	177	63	11	3
Metropolitan Police	828	531	272	51
Norfolk	61	24	12	2
Northamptonshire	46	19	35	4
Northumbria	89	29	11	9
North Wales	46	22	12	5
North Yorkshire	56	32	16	0
Nottinghamshire	89	28	23	2
South Wales	144	39	4	1
South Yorkshire	112	38	38	3
Staffordshire	58	22	24	11
Suffolk	33	12	11	2
Surrey	61	46	71	11
Sussex	88	76	44	8
Thames Valley	109	86	87	8
Warwickshire	49	18	12	0
West Mercia	75	38	26	4
West Midlands	252	105	86	32
West Yorkshire	230	65	38	9
Wiltshire	33	16	4	1
(1). Includes transfers to other England and Wales forces but does not include officers leaving after a period of secondment. The other category includes those leaving the service due to dismissal or death. (2). 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. (3) Financial year runs 1 April to 31 March inclusive. Data are not available prior to 2002-03. (4). Data have not previously been previously published in this format therefore totals may not match totals found in the published data.

Police: Manpower

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there were per notifiable offence in England in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. [200475]

Mr. McNulty: The information requested is given in the following tables.

Table 1: Total offences per officer for 1997
Police force area	Number
Avon and Somerset	48
Bedfordshire	44
Cambridgeshire	47
Cheshire	30
Cleveland	43
Cumbria	31
Derbyshire	42
Devon and Cornwall	32
Dorset	34
Durham	32
Essex	31
Gloucestershire	43
Greater Manchester	44
Hampshire	36
Hertfordshire	29
Humberside	60
Kent	38
Lancashire	37
Leicestershire	41
Lincolnshire	36
London, City of	6
Merseyside	30
Metropolitan Police	30
Norfolk	37
Northamptonshire	46
Northumbria	37
North Yorkshire	37
Nottinghamshire	55
South Yorkshire	41
Staffordshire	39
Suffolk	30
Surrey	24
Sussex	37
Thames valley	42
Warwickshire	39
West Mercia	38
West Midlands	39
West Yorkshire	47
Wiltshire	29
England	37
Note: Recorded crime statistics were collected on a calendar year basis up to 1997 and thereafter on a financial year basis. Therefore, these figures are not comparable with those for later years.

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