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The table above illustrates funding given to West Midlands victim support in the past nine years. There is no available breakdown on figures for West Midlands before 2001.
Police: Manpower
Mr. Purchase: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers were employed by West Midlands Police (a) in 1997 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available. [322263]
Mr. Hanson: There were 7,113 police officers in West Midlands police force as at 31 March 1997 and 8,613 police officers as at 30 September 2009.
This and other related data are published annually as part of the annual Police Service Strength Home Office Statistical Bulletin. The latest bulletin can be found at:
and bulletins for this and previous years are deposited in the Library of the House.
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there were in (a) 2000 and (b) 2009. [322640]
Mr. Hanson: There were 121,956 police officers in the 43 police forces of England and Wales as at 31 March 2000 and 142,209 police officers as at 30 September 2009.
This and other related data are published annually as part of the annual Police Service Strength Home Office Statistical Bulletin. The latest bulletin can be found at:
and bulletins for this and previous years are deposited in the Library of the House.
Police: Milton Keynes
Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers there were in Milton Keynes in each year since 1997 and (b) police community support officers there were in Milton Keynes in each year since 2002. [321872]
Mr. Hanson: The available data are provided in the table. This information has been collected at Basic Command Unit level since March 2002 for police officers and since June 2005 for police community support officers.
This and other related data are published annually as a supplementary part of the annual Police Service Strength Home Office Statistical Bulletin. The latest bulletin can be found at:
and bulletins for this and previous years are deposited in the Library of the House.
| Police officer( 1) and police community support officer( 2) strength in Milton Keynes Basic Command Unit, as at 31 March( 3) | ||
| Officer( 1) | PCSO( 2) | |
| (1) Data for police officers by Basic Command Unit were collected centrally for the first time for the period beginning April 2002. Data for 31 March 2002 were published by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary. No data broken down by Basic Command Unit are available centrally prior to 2002. (2) Data for police community support officers by Basic Command Unit are only available from 2005. Data are at 30 June for 2005 and 2006, from a special collection made until data were included in the main statistical run. Data for 2007 onwards are at 31 March. (3) These figures are based on full-time equivalents that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Figures include those officers on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave. | ||
Police: Salford
Hazel Blears: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers were based in Salford in (a) 1997 and (b) the last 12 months for which figures are available. [322410]
Mr. Hanson: Information on the number of police officers has only been collected at basic command unit level since March 2002.
There were 541 police officers in Salford basic command unit as at 31 March 2002 and 585 police officers as at 31 March 2009.
This and other related data are published annually as a supplementary part of the annual Police Service Strength Home Office Statistical Bulletin. The latest bulletin can be found at:
and bulletins for this and previous years are deposited in the Library of the House.
Police: Standards
Mr. Streeter: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what key performance indicators will be included in his Department's league tables on the performance of police forces for 2009-10. [321829]
Mr. Hanson: Following the 2008 Policing Green Paper, the Home Office no longer assesses the performance of police forces in England and Wales.
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) launched their assessment of individual police forces (their 'Police Report Card') on 11 March for the period 2008-09. Future assessments of police performance will be published by HMIC.
The 'Police Report Card' draws information from the Home Office's Analysis of Policing and Community Safety (APACS) performance indicators.
The technical guidance for the APACS indicators for 2009-10 can be found at:
Mr. Streeter: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the performance tables for police forces in England and Wales for 2009-10 will be published. [321856]
Mr. Hanson [holding answer 12 March 2010]: Following the publication of the 2008 Policing Green paper, the Home Office no longer assesses the performance of police forces in England and Wales.
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) launched their assessment of individual police forces (their 'Police Report Card') on 11 March and copies have been provided to the House Library.
Future assessments of police performance will be published by HMIC and can be found on their dedicated website at:
Policing: West Yorkshire
Greg Mulholland: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding his Department allocated for (a) policing and (b) victim support services in West Yorkshire in each year since 1997. [322694]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The available information can be found in the following tables.
| West Yorkshire Victim Support Services funding | |
| £ million | |
| Office of Criminal Justice Reform funding for Victim Support | |
| Source: Figures provided by the Office of Criminal Justice Reform. | |
The table above illustrates funding given to West Yorkshire Victim support. There is no available breakdown on figures for West Yorkshire before 2001.
West Yorkshire will have received additional funding from local fundraising.
Powers of Entry
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individual powers of entry are exercisable by local authorities. [319635]
Mr. Hanson: The list of statutory powers of entry including those exercised by local authorities can be found on the Home Office website at:
SERCO
John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much work in progress of post awaiting processing by SERCO for (a) Case Resolution Directorate North and (b) Case Resolution Directorate South there was (i) in each of the last four quarters and (ii) at the latest date for which information is available. [320080]
Mr. Woolas: The chief executive of the UK Border Agency, Lin Homer will provide the Home Affairs Select Committee, in the next update, further information on the performance of SERCO within the Case Resolution Directorate.
UK Border Agency
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what procedures the UK Border Agency follows in respect of immigration applications from individuals suspected of holding extremist views. [318335]
Mr. Woolas: We do not disclose our methods as to do so would invite abuse.
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what procedures the UK Border Agency follows in respect of immigration applications from individuals who have been investigated in the US for suspected links to terrorism. [318336]
Mr. Woolas: It is our policy not to publicise details of anti-terrorist policies in this respect.
UK Border Agency: Complaints
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints about asylum applications submitted prior to March 2007 were made to the UK Border Agency's Case Resolution Directorate in each of the last five years. [320884]
Mr. Woolas: Robust data can only be provided from February 2008. The Case Resolution Directorate received 1916 complaints in 2008 and 1160 complaints in 2009, relating to applications submitted prior to March 2007.
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints about an application by a national of a country in the European Economic Area were made to the UK Border Agency in each of the last five years. [320890]
Mr. Woolas: The UK Border Agency does not hold central information to the level of detail asked for in this question. However, data is available relating to all types of complaints about the service that the Agency provides. In 2008 there were 10,835 such complaints received by the Agency and in 2009 there were 12,038.
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