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Police

Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of differences in the delivery of policing in (a) rural and (b) urban areas; and if he will make a statement. [292370]

Mr. Hanson: The Government do not make assessments on the differences in the delivery of policing in rural and urban areas. Under the Police Performance Assessment Framework, police forces were compared within a similar group of forces. Selection criteria for these groups took into account a range of socio-economic factors including urbanisation and rurality. Following the publication of the Policing Green Paper, responsibility for assessing policing performance shifted from the Home Office to Her Majesty's inspectorate of constabulary (HMIC).

The HMIC are currently reviewing the mechanisms for qualitative assessments and developing rounded assessments for the delivery of policing services.

Police Authorities: Pay

John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the salary is of the (a) chair and (b) vice chair of each police authority in England. [291980]

Mr. Hanson: Chairs and vice chairs of police authorities receive no salary. Under regulation 29 of the Police Authority Regulations 2009, each police authority must publish the arrangements they have in place for their chair and vice chairs' expenses and allowances. This information will be available from the individual police authorities but is not held centrally.

Police: Manpower

Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there were (a) per head of population and (b) per notifiable offence in each police force area in each year since 1997. [291186]

Alan Johnson [holding answer 14 September 2009]: The available data are given in the following tables:

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Police officers( 1) (FTE)( 2) per 100,000 of the population by police force, as at 31 March 1997 to 31 March 2009
Police force	1997( 3)	1998	1999	2000	2001( 4)	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Avon and Somerset	204	203	203	197	197	205	213	229	225	226	224	218	213
Bedfordshire	200	197	189	185	184	189	198	210	215	213	207	204	209
Cambridgeshire	188	184	179	172	179	187	196	197	194	196	187	183	191
Cheshire	209	208	211	204	204	209	217	224	223	223	225	218	217
Cleveland	261	266	255	252	253	263	294	314	305	308	315	303	314
Cumbria	233	237	229	220	213	224	237	254	257	256	255	251	258
Derbyshire	187	184	182	183	187	189	210	216	213	212	209	212	215
Devon and Cornwall	186	192	186	182	187	192	204	208	212	219	216	214	213
Dorset	189	192	186	189	196	198	205	209	211	216	217	216	213
Durham	240	249	258	256	263	266	281	288	293	288	285	272	263
Essex	197	193	190	183	178	181	186	192	198	203	203	203	206
Gloucestershire	205	198	197	200	209	209	219	229	230	228	229	234	235
Greater Manchester	268	270	265	264	268	279	298	323	321	318	314	315	321
Hampshire	198	199	197	193	193	195	208	211	212	211	215	214	207
Hertfordshire	205	202	198	201	184	174	191	204	206	208	210	204	204
Humberside	230	228	223	219	217	234	244	256	255	251	251	248	233
Kent	210	209	204	203	209	210	221	228	227	227	229	227	231
Lancashire	228	229	228	223	228	231	239	252	251	253	252	254	259
Leicestershire	211	214	215	215	218	224	232	246	246	241	237	233	243
Lincolnshire	196	193	184	179	191	189	191	189	185	183	183	175	177
London, City of(5)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Merseyside	296	297	298	290	291	294	302	303	318	315	325	331	333
Metropolitan Police(5)	367	356	352	341	351	366	404	420	433	428	426	430	432
Norfolk	185	184	176	175	178	183	189	190	192	193	191	190	198
Northamptonshire	196	193	186	181	186	194	194	198	201	207	200	196	196
Northumbria	256	263	269	266	272	278	290	294	294	291	283	285	294
North Yorkshire	183	186	181	173	175	188	193	203	206	216	217	202	185
Nottinghamshire	225	225	216	214	214	226	239	245	245	243	235	224	227
South Yorkshire	242	244	243	243	245	246	252	261	260	259	256	248	235
Staffordshire	209	217	211	204	201	201	212	218	220	219	219	214	208
Suffolk	180	179	179	171	168	177	188	196	195	191	196	188	182
Surrey	209	207	212	227	192	184	182	183	184	184	183	179	170
Sussex	211	203	191	188	188	190	203	206	205	207	205	201	208
Thames Valley	180	183	180	178	175	177	186	195	198	202	199	194	198
Warwickshire	186	185	180	178	182	190	198	197	195	198	199	198	189
West Mercia	183	180	180	166	171	176	196	202	203	202	205	210	208
West Midlands	270	271	278	274	283	293	307	311	316	318	318	324	332
West Yorkshire	247	244	236	228	228	230	242	254	271	270	270	269	268
Wiltshire	195	195	192	185	184	189	190	198	198	196	192	190	191
Dyfed-Powys	212	210	215	217	219	234	237	236	237	237	236	237	236
Gwent	275	222	224	227	229	239	244	248	259	264	268	266	257
North Wales	208	213	212	213	220	228	234	243	250	242	238	234	234
South Wales	223	242	241	236	250	259	273	275	273	271	273	264	255
England and Wales	241	240	237	233	234	240	254	264	267	267	266	264	266
(1) This table is based on 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) Figures up to 31 March 2002 exclude staff on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave. The figures for 31 March 2003 onwards figures include those on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave. (3) Boundary changes on 1 April 1996 transferred resources for the policing of the Rhymney Valley from South Wales Police to Gwent Police. (4) Boundary changes on 1 April 2000 transferred some resources from the Metropolitan Police to Essex, Hertfordshire and Surrey police forces. (5) Officers per 100,000 population for City of London and Metropolitan Police are combined.

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