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If she will investigate the policing of the Kingsnorth climate camp; and if she will make a statement.
If she will investigate the policing of the Kingsnorth climate camp; and if she will make a statement.
Asked by
Norman Baker
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
21 October 2008
For answer on
27 October 2008
Answered on
27 October 2008
Tactics and strategy on policing major events such as the Kingsnorth climate camp are operational matters for the local chief officer.
Subjects
Demonstrations; Coal fired power stations; Police; Kingsnorth
Date
27 October 2008
Reference
481 c549; 229771
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) traffic enforcement officers, (b) traffic wardens and (c) council parking attendants were operating in each police authority area in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) traffic enforcement officers, (b) traffic wardens and (c) council parking attendants were operating in each police authority area in each year since 1997.
Asked by
Norman Baker
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
24 June 2008
For answer on
26 June 2008
Answered on
2 July 2008
Available data for the numbers of police officers whose primary role is within the traffic function and for the numbers of traffic wardens are given in the following tables. Data on local authority parking attendants and civil enforcement officers are not collected centrally.
| Police officers FTE whose main function is 'Traffic'¹, 1996-97 to 2006-07 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full-time equivalent² | ||||||||||
| 1996-97³ | 1997-98³ | 1998-994 | 1999-20004 | 2000-014 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | |
| Avon and Somerset | — | — | — | — | — | 216 | 222 | 228 | 215 | 148 |
| Bedfordshire | — | — | — | — | — | 75 | 80 | 80 | 81 | 68 |
| Cambridgeshire | — | — | — | — | — | 85 | 99 | 101 | 99 | 96 |
| Cheshire | — | — | — | — | — | 194 | 200 | 194 | 85 | 91 |
| Cleveland | — | — | — | — | — | 64 | 73 | 2 | 61 | 72 |
| Cumbria | — | — | — | — | — | 107 | 110 | 108 | 111 | 114 |
| Derbyshire | — | — | — | — | — | 107 | 121 | 116 | 119 | 110 |
| Devon and Cornwall | — | — | — | — | — | 192 | 198 | 211 | 215 | 225 |
| Dorset | — | — | — | — | — | 91 | 86 | 82 | 81 | 80 |
| Durham | — | — | — | — | — | 111 | 119 | 108 | 105 | 100 |
| Dyfed Powys | — | — | — | — | — | 136 | 105 | 141 | 143 | 136 |
| Essex | — | — | — | — | — | 241 | 242 | 243 | 243 | 231 |
| Gloucestershire | — | — | — | — | — | 62 | 66 | 67 | 73 | 67 |
| Greater Manchester | — | — | — | — | — | 406 | 392 | 359 | 342 | 352 |
| Gwent | — | — | — | — | — | 93 | 95 | 96 | 102 | 95 |
| Hampshire | — | — | — | — | — | 248 | 246 | 244 | 240 | 237 |
| Hertfordshire | — | — | — | — | — | 150 | 151 | 149 | 149 | 145 |
| Humberside | — | — | — | — | — | 123 | 119 | 225 | 181 | 100 |
| Kent | — | — | — | — | — | 104 | — | 122 | 116 | 109 |
| Lancashire | — | — | — | — | — | 198 | 187 | 190 | 197 | 184 |
| Leicestershire | — | — | — | — | — | 92 | 95 | 85 | 77 | 72 |
| Lincolnshire | — | — | — | — | — | 90 | 89 | 96 | 102 | 100 |
| London, City of | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | 24 | 28 | 24 | 23 |
| Merseyside | — | — | — | — | — | 125 | 119 | 115 | 138 | 150 |
| Metropolitan Police | — | — | — | — | — | 583 | 592 | 1029 | 603 | 611 |
| Norfolk | — | — | — | — | — | 120 | 121 | 107 | 112 | 110 |
| Northamptonshire | — | — | — | — | — | 70 | 71 | 65 | 63 | 63 |
| Northumbria | — | — | — | — | — | 245 | 253 | 165 | 167 | 172 |
| North Wales | — | — | — | — | — | 115 | 114 | 76 | 81 | 98 |
| North Yorkshire | — | — | — | — | — | 151 | 138 | 101 | 97 | 99 |
| Nottinghamshire | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | 121 | 133 | 134 | 139 |
| South Wales | — | — | — | — | — | 243 | 245 | 243 | 243 | 252 |
| South Yorkshire | — | — | — | — | — | 180 | 127 | 134 | 141 | 143 |
| Staffordshire | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | 49 | 58 | 28 | 35 |
| Suffolk | — | — | — | — | — | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 77 |
| Surrey | — | — | — | — | — | 108 | 110 | 107 | 99 | 87 |
| Sussex | — | — | — | — | — | 164 | 163 | 163 | 160 | 169 |
| Thames Valley | — | — | — | — | — | 259 | 259 | 245 | 236 | 237 |
| Warwickshire | — | — | — | — | — | 103 | 103 | 93 | 97 | 93 |
| West Mercia | — | — | — | — | — | 292 | 115 | 117 | 116 | 129 |
| West Midlands | — | — | — | — | — | 384 | 405 | 393 | 401 | 383 |
| West Yorkshire | — | — | — | — | — | 320 | 314 | 317 | 343 | 324 |
| Wiltshire | — | — | — | — | — | 91 | 96 | 93 | 13 | 89 |
| Total | — | — | 7,525 | 7,238 | 7,005 | 6,902 | 6,706 | 7,104 | 6,511 | 6,412 |
| ¹ Staff with multiple responsibilities (or designations) are recorded under their primary role or function. The traffic function Includes staff who are predominantly employed on motorcycles or in patrol vehicles for the policing of traffic and motorway related duties. The does not include officers employed in accident investigation, vehicle examination and radar duties. | ||||||||||
| ² This and other tables contain 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. | ||||||||||
| ³ Data are unavailable for 1996-97 and 1997-98. | ||||||||||
| 4 Data by police force area are not available centrally. |
| Traffic warden strength¹ (FTE)² by police force as at 31 March 1998 to 31 March 2007 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Police force | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001³ | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| Avon and Somerset | 114 | 115 | 59 | 48 | 44 | 43 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bedfordshire | 26 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 33 | 38 | 35 | 38 | 36 | 35 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cheshire | 35 | 31 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland | 23 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cumbria | 21 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 53 | 50 | 50 | 44 | 50 | 48 | 43 | 25 | 21 | 12 |
| Devon and Cornwall | 115 | 113 | 119 | 110 | 101 | 103 | 102 | 96 | 89 | 47 |
| Dorset | 49 | 42 | 41 | 37 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Durham | 22 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Essex | 123 | 121 | 102 | 82 | 59 | 38 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
| Gloucestershire | 38 | 35 | 35 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 9 |
| Greater Manchester | 189 | 160 | 96 | 88 | 87 | 88 | 88 | 90 | 71 | 32 |
| Hampshire | 65 | 68 | 53 | 53 | 31 | 25 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 6 |
| Hertfordshire | 55 | 44 | 38 | 45 | 42 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Humberside | 59 | 52 | 53 | 51 | 51 | 48 | 46 | 45 | 38 | 20 |
| Kent | 52 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lancashire | 110 | 101 | 94 | 87 | 84 | 50 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Leicestershire | 75 | 70 | 67 | 65 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 26 | 5 | 1 |
| Lincolnshire | 26 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 10 |
| London, City of | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merseyside | 115 | 114 | 106 | 93 | 63 | 52 | 43 | 10 | 5 | 38 |
| Metropolitan police | 1,166 | 945 | 817 | 689 | 632 | 687 | 505 | 449 | 411 | 317 |
| Norfolk | 43 | 40 | 37 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 31 | 28 | 26 | 22 |
| Northamptonshire | 25 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Northumbria | 78 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 71 | 59 | 56 | 51 | 48 | 32 |
| North Yorkshire | 23 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Nottinghamshire | 61 | 65 | 58 | 39 | 30 | 29 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| South Yorkshire | 80 | 76 | 62 | 71 | 77 | 68 | 37 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Staffordshire | 35 | 31 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Suffolk | 32 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 0 |
| Surrey | 25 | 21 | 16 | 25 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Sussex | 132 | 113 | 110 | 98 | 62 | 61 | 67 | 62 | 48 | 48 |
| Thames Valley | 103 | 95 | 58 | 45 | 51 | 42 | 36 | 24 | 16 | 8 |
| Warwickshire | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| West Mercia | 35 | 31 | 30 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 6 |
| West Midlands | 218 | 192 | 175 | 128 | 78 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 51 | 24 |
| West Yorkshire | 129 | 118 | 116 | 107 | 99 | 98 | 85 | 42 | 26 | 12 |
| Wiltshire | 19 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dyfed Powys | 19 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| Gwent | 33 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| North Wales | 16 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| South Wales | 109 | 108 | 100 | 104 | 100 | 99 | 92 | 82 | 77 | 72 |
| Total England and Wales | 3,788 | 3,342 | 2,855 | 2,516 | 2,233 | 2,108 | 1,688 | 1,281 | 1,053 | 764 |
| 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 Boundary changes on 1 April 2000 transferred some resources from the Metropolitan police to Essex, Hertfordshire and Surrey police forces. |
Subjects
Police; Parking attendants; Road traffic control
Date
2 July 2008
Reference
214743; 478 c912-6W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fixed penalty notices in respect of alleged parking infringements were issued by police forces in each year since 1993 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fixed penalty notices in respect of alleged parking infringements were issued by police forces in each year since 1993 to date.
Asked by
Norman Baker
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
24 June 2008
For answer on
30 June 2008
Answered on
2 July 2008
[holding answer 30 June 2008]: Available information held by the Ministry of Justice, from 1993 to 2006 (which are the latest available) is provided in the following tables. These data relate to 'obstruction, waiting and parking' offences. They do not record parking contraventions in areas when parking has been decriminalised and the police no longer offer fixed penalties. 2007 data should be available next year.
| Table A: Fixed penalty notices issued¹ by the police for obstruction, waiting and parking offences², ³, England and Wales, 1993 to 2001 | |
|---|---|
| Number of tickets | |
| 1993 | 3,383,011 |
| 1994 | 2,698,349 |
| 1995 | 2,270,732 |
| 1996 | 2,282,481 |
| 1997 | 2,199,242 |
| 1998 | 2,118,077 |
| 1999 | 1,808,153 |
| 2000 | 1,595,360 |
| 2001 | 1,325,049 |
| Table B: Fixed penalty notices issued¹ by the police for obstruction, waiting and parking offences², ³, England and Wales, 2002 to 2006 | |
|---|---|
| Number of tickets | |
| 2002 | 1,165,006 |
| 2003 | 1,043,006 |
| 2004 | 882,500 |
| 2005 | 573,497 |
| 2006 | 489,948 |
| ¹ Paid i.e. no further action. | |
| ² Offences under the Road Traffic Act 1988 s.22; Transport Act 2000 ss. 173 (5); 173 (6); 173 (7); 174 (3); 175(2); 175 (3): 175 (4); 190 Highway Act 1835 ss. 72 and 78; RTA 1988 ss. 19 and 21; Highways Act 1980 s. 137 (1); Road Traffic Regulations Act 1984 ss. 5 (1), 8, 32-36 and 45-53; Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 Regs. 101 and 103; Transport Act 2000 part III; Metropolitan Police Act 1839 s. 54 (1) | |
| ³ Does not include decriminalised parking enforcements (DPE). | |
| Note: | |
| Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, It is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. |
Subjects
Fines; Parking offences
Date
2 July 2008
Reference
478 c908-9W; 214728
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions compensation was paid to relatives of those killed in road traffic accidents involving police officers, other than compensation paid through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions compensation was paid to relatives of those killed in road traffic accidents involving police officers, other than compensation paid through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, in each year since 1997.
Asked by
Norman Baker
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
5 June 2008
For answer on
10 June 2008
Answered on
10 June 2008
This information is not collected centrally. Any payments by the police would be a matter for individual chief officers of police and their police authorities.
Subjects
Police; Road traffic offences
Date
10 June 2008
Reference
477 c198W; 210036
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers (a) were prosecuted in connection with alleged driving offences that have involved the death of civilians, (b) were convicted of such offences and (c) faced disciplinary actions in connection with such incidents in each year since...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers (a) were prosecuted in connection with alleged driving offences that have involved the death of civilians, (b) were convicted of such offences and (c) faced disciplinary actions in connection with such incidents in each year since...
Asked by
Norman Baker
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
5 June 2008
For answer on
10 June 2008
Answered on
10 June 2008
The information is not collected centrally. The best available information is in the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) report 'Police Road Traffic Incidents: A Study of Cases Involving Serious and Fatal Injuries', which covers the period from April 2004 to September 2006. This shows that in that period five officers were prosecuted in connection with alleged offences involving a death and one in connection with an offence that involved the death of an unborn child. Four were convicted. The report sets out the action recommended in respect of other officers involved in collisions involving a fatality or serious injury, including the issuing of advice, formal disciplinary proceedings or other measures. The report is available on the IPCC website at:"http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/index/resources/research/reports_rti.htm."
Subjects
Police; Road traffic offences
Date
10 June 2008
Reference
477 c198W; 210034
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers were convicted of (a) offences of causing death by dangerous driving and (b) related offences in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers were convicted of (a) offences of causing death by dangerous driving and (b) related offences in each year since 1997.
Asked by
Norman Baker
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
5 June 2008
For answer on
10 June 2008
Answered on
10 June 2008
This information is not routinely collected centrally. Research by the Independent Police Complaints Commission looked at police related road traffic incidents that occurred between April 2004 and September 2006 and involved serious or fatal injuries. This found no police officer had been found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving in that period. Five officers were prosecuted in connection with road traffic collisions involving a fatality and one for a collision involving the death of an unborn child. Four were convicted.
Subjects
Police; Road traffic offences
Date
10 June 2008
Reference
477 c198W; 210035
House
House of Commons