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Police: Disciplinary Proceedings
Mr. Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police disciplinary proceedings following internal investigations took place in each year since 2001. [234736]
Jacqui Smith: This information is no longer collected by the Home Office. The collation and publication of the statistics requested has been the responsibility of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) since 1 April 2004, in accordance with the Police Reform Act 2002.
The Home Office data are set out in the following table.
| Most severe misconduct sanction imposed on each officer by category | ||||
| Misconduct Sanction | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 |
Police: Manpower
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many serving police officers there were in (a) North Yorkshire, (b) York, (c) Hambledon district and (d) Ryedale district in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. [236307]
Mr. Coaker: The available data for North Yorkshire police and all of its Basic Command Units (BCUs) are given in the following table. Police personnel statistics are not collected by district.
| Police officer strength by Basic Command Unit as at 31 March in each of the given years( 1) | |||||
| North Yorkshire BCUs | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| (1) These figures are based on full-time equivalents that have been rounded to the nearest whole number, due to rounding there may be an apparent discrepancy between totals and the sums of constituent items. Figures include those officers on career breaks. | |||||
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many police officers per 100,000 population there were in North Yorkshire in each year since 1997; [237111]
(2) how many police officers there were in (a) North Yorkshire and (b) Yorkshire in each year since 1997. [237112]
Mr. Coaker: The available data are given in the following tables.
| Table 1: Police officer strength( 1) (FTE)( 2) by police force as at 31 March 1997 to 31 March 2008 | ||||||||||||
| As at 31 March: | ||||||||||||
| Police force | 1997( 3) | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001( 3) | 2002 | 2003( 3) | 2004( 3) | 2005( 3) | 2006( 3) | 2007( 3) | 2008( 3) |
| Table 2: Police officers( 1) (FTE)( 2) per 100,000 of the population for by police force, as at 31 March 1997 to 31 March 2008 | ||||||||||||
| As at 31 March: | ||||||||||||
| Police f orce | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004( 3) | 2005( 3) | 2006( 3) | 2007( 3) | 2008( 3) |
| (1) This table contains 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. (2) Full-time equivalent excludes those on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave. (3) Comparable strength (excludes those on career breaks, or maternity/paternity leave). The Police Numbers Task Force (2001) recommended that a clear presentation was made of the numbers of staff employed by police forces including those seconded into the force and those on any type of long or short term absence. These new calculations were first used in 2003, and are not comparable with data prior to March 2003. The data from 2003 onwards used here are termed comparable because they have been calculated on the old basis to allow comparison. | ||||||||||||
Police: Training
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what training police officers are required to undertake on the issues of (a) domestic violence, (b) female genital mutilation, (c) forced marriage, (d) rape, (e) stalking, (f) human trafficking and (g) honour-based violence. [236458]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The National Police Improvement Agency (NPIA) has developed modules for training domestic abuse which are used by the police service. All new recruits and civilian staff receive this which equates to two days training and incorporates child protection training.
The modules are being currently being refreshed by the NPIA to incorporate female genital mutilation (FGM), stalking and harassment and “honour”-based violence (HBV).
Some police forces have produced stand-alone training, for example, the Metropolitan Police Service Project Azore, which relates to specialist staff receiving training on FGM and Thames Valley police, South Wales and the North Eastern regional police forces who have produced training around HBV, FGM and trafficking for frontline staff, senior investigating officers (SIO), call handlers, and specialists. This training has been forwarded to the NPIA product design for assessment with a view to informing the national training.
The specially trained officer development programme (STODP) was developed by the NPIA to develop the skills and competence of officers dealing with rape victims.
The role profile and the programme itself was developed through wide consultation with practitioners in the police service and representatives from the following:
Home Office
Crown Prosecution Service
Health Service
Voluntary Sector
Skills for Justice
The programme consists of three stages:
1. A knowledge acquisition stage—consisting of distance learning workbooks
2. A skills development stage—consisting of a two week course.
3. A workplace learning and assessment stage—through a professional development portfolio.
This programme was delivered to the police service through a number of regional roadshows conducted in November 2007.
Privacy
Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to carry out a privacy impact assessment on the provisions of the Communications Data Bill; and if she will make a statement. [231779]
Jacqui Smith: On 15 October, I announced that we would be launching a consultation on how to maintain the ability of police and intelligence agencies to protect the public using communications data, in the face of the challenge of changing technology. This consultation will begin in the new year.
I am clear that we need to consult widely with the public and all interested parties to set out the emerging problem, the important capability gaps that we need to address and to look at the possible solutions.
Protection: Religious Freedom
Mark Pritchard: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals who have converted from Islam to other faiths have been placed on an at risk register by police forces in England and Wales following threats made to them as a result of their conversion. [173947]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The information requested is not collected centrally.
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