Written question asked by Jon Cruddas (Labour) on Tuesday, 21 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 January 2005. It was answered by Hazel Blears (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 January 2005 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were employed in the Dagenham constituency in (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) 2004. - Inc table.

Answer: Jon Cruddas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers were employed in the Dagenham constituency in (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) 2004. [207158] Ms Blears: Published information on the number of police officers in Basic Command Units (BCUs) has only been collected since March 2002 and is set out in the following table. Barking and Dagenham operational command unit _________________________________________________________________________________________________. As at 31 March Number of police officers 2002 301 2003 360 2004 384 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. I am told by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that the Barking and Dagenham Operational Command Unit (OCU) had 411 police officers at the end of September 2004. It is not possible to separately show the number of officers in the Dagenham parliamentary constituency from the rest of the BCU. The deployment of officers in Barking and Dagenham OCU is a matter for the borough commander.

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