Mr. Amess:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers (a) in each police force area and (b) at each rank have been employed in jobs other than the police force in each of the last three years for which information is available. [256537]
Mr. Coaker:
The information requested is not held centrally.
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Stephen Williams:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many full-time equivalent (a) police officers and (b) police community support officers there are in each basic command unit in England and Wales. [256665]
Mr. Coaker [holding answer 12 February 2009]: Latest available figures relate to police officers and police community support officers in post in each basic command unit on 31 March 2008. These figures were published in supplementary tables to the National Statistics bulletin ‘Police Service Strength England and Wales 31 March 2008'. Copies of these supplementary tables can be accessed at:
Mr. Ruffley:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police recruits left each police force within two years of joining in 2007-08; and what percentage of all leavers that figure represents. [256748]
Mr. Coaker:
I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Eastleigh (Chris Huhne) on 17 December 2008, Official Report, columns 865-67W.
Police: Pay
Mr. Ruffley:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) total and (b) average overtime bill for police officers in each police force area was in 2007-08. [256751]
Mr. Coaker:
Estimates for the total cost of overtime for police officers in each police force area are given in the following table. Information on the number of police officers claiming overtime is not available centrally to calculate an average overtime bill.
Total overtime for police officers by police authority, 2007-08 (E stimates)
Police authority
Overtime( 1) (£000)
Avon and Somerset
4,788
Bedfordshire
2,430
Cambridgeshire
3,276
Cheshire
2,810
City of London
1,831
Cleveland
3,122
Cumbria
705
Derbyshire
3,177
Devon and Cornwall
5,590
Dorset
2,530
Durham
2,520
Dyfed-Powys
1,930
Essex
5,410
Gloucestershire
2,418
Greater Manchester
9,961
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Gwent
2,899
Hampshire
9,958
Hertfordshire
—
Humberside
4,548
Kent
10,092
Lancashire
5,961
Leicestershire
3,179
Lincolnshire
2,556
Merseyside
6,949
Metropolitan
118,590
Norfolk
2,950
North Wales
1,875
North Yorkshire
3,224
Northamptonshire
1,150
Northumbria
6,980
Nottinghamshire
3,876
South Wales
4,990
South Yorkshire
6,897
Staffordshire
3,778
Suffolk
1,863
Surrey
4,698
Sussex
5,462
Thames Valley
11,177
Warwickshire
2,077
West Mercia
3,186
West Midlands
12,690
West Yorkshire
10,091
Wiltshire
1,746
(1) Included in police officer salaries. Source: Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) 2007-08. Estimates (2007-08 Actuals not yet available).
Police: Pensions
Chris Grayling:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the budget of each police force was used to fund pension payments in each of the last 10 years. [254503]
Jacqui Smith:
The following table gives the proportion of the budget requirement of each police force used to fund pension payments for the first two completed years under the current system of police pensions financing, 2006-07 and 2007-08. The information given for pensions expenditure, both as a figure and as a percentage of the total budget requirement, consists in each case of the employer contributions made in that year. The current system of police pensions financing was introduced in April 2006, whereby each police authority pays employer and officer contributions into a separate account out of which pensions are paid. Where the income into the police authority pensions account from contributions (plus other payments such as inward transfer values) is insufficient to meet the cost of pensions payment, it is topped up by Home Office grant.
2006-07
2007-08
Police force
Budget requirement
Pensions expenditure (audited)
Budget requirement
Pensions expenditure (unaudited)
£
£
( 1) Percentage
£
£
( 1) Percentage
Avon and Somerset
236,729,347
26,609,044
11.2
248,854,304
27,126,840
10.9
Bedfordshire
87,335,239
9,209,851
10.5
91,229,000
9,343,132
10.2
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Cambridgeshire
110,474,455
11,253,797
10.2
116,008,248
11,345,978
9.8
Cheshire
150,305,000
17,097,000
11.4
157,408,000
17,516,000
11.1
Cleveland
114,975,143
13,156,000
11.4
119,736,908
13,397,000
11.2
City of London
61,206,000
7,555,521
12.3
62,859,000
7,680,183
12.2
Cumbria
90,328,000
9,866,236
10.9
94,029,437
10,095,624
10.7
Derbyshire
145,328,989
15,828,665
10.9
151,564,335
16,321,000
10.8
Devon and Cornwall
246,273,836
27,233,304
11.1
256,803,556
27,958,857
10.9
Dorset
103,055,700
11,725,000
11.4
107,800,000
11,994,000
11.1
Durham
102,583,311
13,414,600
13.1
112,325,160
13,463,100
12.0
Dyfed-Powys
79,892,792
9,574,720
12.0
83,635,989
9,801,996
11.7
Essex
231,985,273
24,944,081
10.8
242,220,179
25,820,000
10.7
Gloucestershire
91,489,400
10,204,573
11.2
95,658,895
10,518,392
11.0
Greater Manchester
503,504,176
61,560,000
12.2
524,128,336
63,300,000
12.1
Gwent
106,054,899
11,508,000
10.9
110,674,143
11,825,000
10.7
Hampshire
269,722,000
28,504,000
10.6
281,925,000
29,655,000
10.5
Hertfordshire
164,225,494
16,114,049
9.8
171,441,072
16,606,894
9.7
Humberside
158,052,928
17,727,481
11.2
164,900,977
18,417,532
11.2
Kent
247,311,000
27,951,117
11.3
257,912,389
28,494,901
11.0
Lancashire
239,533,000
27,749,876
11.6
252,645,000
28,560,673
11.3
Leicestershire
148,270,715
17,331,000
11.7
154,705,856
17,627,000
11.4
Lincolnshire
86,492,378
9,438,985
10.9
90,405,764
9,566,292
10.6
Merseyside
296,426,757
34,293,000
11.6
307,320,130
35,447,000
11.5
Metropolitan
2,425,700,000
254,779,000
10.5
2,532,700,000
262,972,000
10.4
Norfolk
124,672,108
12,502,876
10.0
131,334,638
12,766,800
9.7
Northamptonshire
105,398,000
10,285,737
9.8
110,306,000
10,269,638
9.3
Northumbria
260,475,000
31,863,617
12.2
270,145,176
32,325,376
12.0
North Wales
118,675,632
12,600,000
10.6
124,801,733
12,798,000
10.3
North Yorkshire
122,894,000
12,914,908
10.5
127,634,283
13,083,486
10.3
Nottinghamshire
170,490,070
19,629,000
11.5
177,621,598
19,731,000
11.1
South Wales
222,649,897
25,907,998
11.6
232,098915
26,293,895
11.3
South Yorkshire
230,581,818
25,878,574
11.2
239,624,966
26,283,993
11.0
Staffordshire
164,024,687
18,053,000
11.0
170,861,799
18,543,000
10.9
Suffolk
97,352,382
10,259,000
10.5
101,851,694
10,626,000
10.4
Surrey
172,396,784
14,973,000
8.7
180,592,560
14,683,000
8.1
Sussex
227,247,669
24,036,000
10.6
237,148,000
24,285,000
10.2
Thames Valley
329,137,246
32,224,009
9.8
344,367,127
32,493,512
9.4
Warwickshire
76,560,000
8,198,000
10.7
80,078,926
8,566,000
10.7
West Mercia
176,766,000
18,669,970
10.6
184,296,580
19,374,440
10.5
West Midlands
501,612,139
61,669,907
12.3
521,750,000
63,441,000
12.2
West Yorkshire
380,196,015
43,343,502
11.4
396,047,439
44,519,836
11.2
Wiltshire
91,633,000
9,722,178
10.6
96,022,839
9,915,593
10.3
(1) Pensions expenditure as a percentage of the total budget requirement.
