Written question asked by Lord Barker of Battle (Conservative) on Thursday, 24 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 30 November 2005. It was answered by Hazel Blears (Labour) on Monday, 27 February 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.

Police

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers and (b) community support officers have been employed in Bexhill-on-sea in each year since 1997.

Answer

[holding answer 30 November 2005]: This information is not available. Police numbers at basic command unit (BCU) level have been collected only since March 2002 and for community support officers since June 2005. Bexhill-on-sea is a part of the Hastings and Rother (Senlac) area basic command unit. Data on police and CSO numbers for this BCU, for the period March 2002 to June 2005, is set out in the table.

Hastings and Rother (Senlac) BCU—police officer and CSO strength, 2002 to 2005 Number
As at 31 March:	Officers	Community support officers
2002	254.8	n/a
2003	291	n/a
2004	294	n/a
2005	302.36	36
n/a=Not available.
⁽³⁷⁾ Data collected by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary.
⁽³⁸⁾ Data collected by Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate.
⁽³⁹⁾ As at 30 June 2005.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 443 c99-100W;443 c99-100W; 33125
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Neighbourhood policing Police Bexhill-on-Sea
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

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