Written question asked by Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 7 March 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 April 2002. It was answered by John Denham (Labour) on Thursday, 11 April 2002 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community police officers there are in Greater Manchester, broken down by constituency. (Further information on 11.04.2002 at 383 c565W). - Inc table. (Holding answer 19 March 2002).

Answer: Mrs. Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many community police officers there are in Greater Manchester, broken down by constituency. [42844] Mr. John Denham:[Holding answer 19 March 2002] The information in the table has been provided by the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police (David Wilmot). The number of community police officers is shown for each police division. A breakdown by Parliamentary constituency is not available. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Division Community Police Officers 1 North Manchester Division 54 South Manchester Division 100 The City of Salford Division 75 Tamside Metropolitan Borough Division 34 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Division 53 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Division 66 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Division 53 Tafford Metropolitan Borough Division 38 Bury Metropolitan Borough Division 32 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Division 47 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Division 36 Total 588 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Greater Manchester police have defined a `community police officer' as an officer who dedicates their duties to working within the community in partnership with other agencies, examples are school liaison officers and youth offender officers.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 42844; 383 c565W;383 c563-4W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Community relations Neighbourhood policing Greater Manchester Police
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk