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Written question asked by Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 26 May 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 June 2005. It was answered by Hazel Blears (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 June 2005 on behalf of the Home Office.

Traffic Officials

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) traffic enforcement officers, (b) traffic wardens and (c) council parking attendants have been operating in each police authority area in each year since 2002–03.
Answer

Information on traffic enforcement officers and council parking attendants is not collected centrally. The statistics for traffic wardens are given in the table.

Traffic wardens by police force area: 2002–03 and 2003–04
Number of wardens
Force 2002–03 2003–04
Avon and Somerset 43 34
Bedfordshire 2 2
Cambridgeshire 35 17
Cheshire 19 15
Cleveland 7 8
Cumbria 0 0
Derbyshire 48 43
Devon and Cornwall 103 102
Dorset 0 0
Durham 15 4
Dyfed-Powys 13 10
Essex 38 21
Gloucestershire 31 21
Greater Manchester 88 88
Gwent 27 25
Hampshire 25 23
Hertfordshire 38 9
Humberside 48 46
Kent 0 0
Lancashire 50 17
Leicestershire 61 51
Linconshire 21 18
City of London 0 0
Merseyside 52 43
Metropolitan Police 687 505
Norfolk 33 31
Northamptonshire 7 5
Northumbria 59 56
North Wales 7 5
North Yorkshire 0 10
Nottinghamshire 29 33
South Wales 99 92
South Yorkshire 68 37
Staffordshire 10 1
Suffolk 25 25
Surrey 17 8
Sussex 61 67
Thames Valley 42 36
Warwickshire 9 8
West Mercia 15 13
West Midlands 74 72
West Yorkshire 98 85
Wiltshire 7 5

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
434 c523W;434 c525W; 2293
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Enforcement Parking Staff Parking attendants
Contains statistics
Yes