Written question asked by Mark Hoban (Conservative) on Wednesday, 19 March 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 March 2008. It was answered by Tony McNulty (Labour) on Monday, 21 April 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.
Crime: Cambridgeshire
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 13 March 2008, Official Report, column 607W, on crime: Cambridgeshire, how many (a) police officers and (b) police officers per 1,000 of the population there were in each of the areas listed in each year since 1997; and what percentage of time was spent by police officers on (i) frontline policing and (ii) patrolling in each of the areas in each of those years.
- Answer
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The information requested is as follows:(a) The available data are given in Table 1.(b) The available data are given in Table 2.(i) The information requested has only been collected since 2003-04, and the available data are given in Table 3.(ii) The information requested for the time spent by each force on patrol is not available as these data are collected by forces for internal management purposes only.
Table 1: Police Officer Strength¹ (FTE)² by Police Force 1997 to 2007, as at 31 March each year Police Force 1997³ 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003³ 2004³ 2005³ 2006³ 2007³ Cambridgeshire 1,302 1,291 1,274 1,237 1,296 1,362 1,384 1,400 1,402 1,430 1,381 Cumbria 1,144 1,164 1,126 1,084 1,048 1,100 1,140 1,222 1,232 1,230 1,244 Devon and Cornwall 2,865 2,962 2,887 2,841 2,934 3,053 3,202 3,283 3,369 3,493 3,476 Durham 1,461 1,515 1,568 1,558 1,595 1,614 1,651 1,685 1,718 1,699 1,683 Gloucestershire 1,133 1,104 1,104 1,114 1,173 1,183 1,227 1,284 1,291 1,289 1,303 Lincolnshire 1,196 1,191 1,140 1,115 1,202 1,198 1,221 1,228 1,221 1,213 1,221 Norfolk 1,432 1,430 1,381 1,381 1,420 1,468 1,499 1,510 1,544 1,557 1,565 North Yorkshire 1,338 1,367 1,337 1,283 1,305 1,417 1,444 1,529 1,543 1,636 1,654 West Mercia 2,040 2,010 2,025 1,887 1,951 2,018 2,256 2,355 2,367 2,351 2,400 Wiltshire 1,154 1,156 1,151 1,118 1,120 1,157 1,158 1,217 1,222 1,219 1,204 Dyfed-Powys 1,005 1,002 1,026 1,040 1,055 1,132 1,149 1,160 1,174 1,182 1,177 North Wales 1,369 1,396 1,391 1,403 1,444 1,506 1,539 1,603 1,652 1,617 1,591 ¹ This table contains 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 Full-time equivalent excludes those on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave ³ Comparable strength (excludes those on career breaks, or maternity/paternity leave). The Police Numbers Task Force (2001) recommended that a clear presentation was made of the numbers of staff employed by police forces including those seconded into the force and those on any type of long or short term absence. These new calculations were first used in 2003, and are not comparable with data prior to March 2003. The data from 2003 onwards used here are termed comparable because they have been calculated on the old basis to allow comparison. Table 2: Police Officers¹ (FTE)² per 100,000 of the population for by police force, as at 31 March 1997 to 31 March 2007 1997³ 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003³ 2004³ 2005³ 2006³ 2007³ Cambridgeshire 188 184 179 172 179 187 196 197 196 196 187 Cumbria 233 237 229 220 213 224 237 254 256 256 255 Devon and Cornwall 186 192 186 182 187 192 204 208 219 219 216 Durham 240 249 258 256 263 266 281 288 288 288 285 Gloucestershire 205 198 197 200 209 209 219 229 228 228 229 Lincolnshire 196 193 184 179 191 189 191 189 183 183 183 Norfolk 185 184 176 175 178 183 189 190 193 193 191 North Yorkshire 183 186 181 173 175 188 193 203 216 216 217 West Mercia 183 180 180 166 171 176 196 202 202 202 205 Wiltshire 195 195 192 185 184 189 190 198 196 196 192 Dyfed-Powys 212 210 215 217 219 234 237 236 237 237 236 North Wales 208 213 212 213 220 228 234 243 242 242 238 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. Table 3: Percentage of police officer time spent on frontline policing duties, from 2003-04 to 2006-07¹ Police Force 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Cambridgeshire 61.1 60.3 70.7 63.0 Cumbria 59.9 61.0 59.1 61.9 Devon and Cornwall 67.1 64.0 63.1 60.8 Durham 60.7 59.0 59.5 57.8 Gloucestershire 64.6 68.1 66.5 67.8 Lincolnshire 55.3 64.4 66.5 63.8 Norfolk 61.0 62.9 66.8 65.9 North Yorkshire 63.0 64.1 66.7 61.1 West Mercia 63.6 62.8 64.5 64.3 Wiltshire 62.3 63.3 63.8 66.7 Dyfed-Powys 65.1 64.1 63.3 62.2 North Wales 63.9 63.4 61.4 63.9 ¹ Data are available from 2003-04 onwards only.
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- 474 c1466-8W; 196646
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- 2007-08
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