§ Sir Michael ShersbyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis on the number of special constables in each division; and how many hours have been worked by them each month during the most recent 12-month period for which figures are available. [23160]
§ Mr. MacleanI understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that it is not possible to break down the figures for hours worked into monthly periods. For April 1994 to March 1995, the latest period for which the total figure is available, special constables in the Metropolitan police worked a total of 407,102 hours. The number of special constables on each division is given in the table.
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Division Number of Specials 1 Area Belgravia 5 Notting Hill 7 Brompton 21 West End Central 31 Charing Cross 30 Paddington 11 Marylebone 11
Division Number of Specials Fulham 10 Hammersmith 27 Area Headquarters 3 Total 156 Male 109 Female 47 2 Area Golders Green 24 West Hendon 29 Barnet and Hertsmere 42 Wembley 23 Kilburn 15 Harrow 59 Ealing 29 Southall 15 Tottenham 17 Hornsey 17 Islington 16 Holloway 16 Kentish Town 14 Holborn 13 Hampstead 11 Area Headquarters 2 Total 342 Male 229 Female 113 3 Area Enfield 36 Edmonton 45 Chingford 31 Leyton 22 Ilford 40 Barkingside 60 Stoke Newington 11 Shoreditch and Hackney 47 Limehouse 16 Forest Gate 24 Plaistow 27 Havering 56 Dagenham 50 Bethnal Green 32 Area Headquarters 3 Total 500 Male 311 Female 189 4 Area Peckham 11 Walworth 8 Southwark 8
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Stock of police houses at 31 March 1992–1995 Police authorities Total stock 31 March 1992 Total stock 31 March 1993 Total stock 31 March 1994 Total stock 31 March 1995 Avon and Somerset 361 350 346 281 Bedfordshire 115 112 107 101 Cambridgeshire 191 250 154 150 Cheshire 145 144 142 141 City of London 74 73 65 63 Cleveland 8 8 7 6 Cumbria 223 222 239 201 Derbyshire 169 144 119 92 Devon and Cornwall 224 206 139 106 Dorset 181 165 159 158
Division Number of Specials Lewisham 22 Catford 15 Bromley and Orpington 66 Greenwich 29 Plumstead 22 Bexleyheath 54 Epsom and Sutton 57 Croydon 47 South Norwood 33 Area Headquarters 4 Total 376 Male 253 Female 253 5 Area Brixton 7 Streatham 42 Wimbledon 40 Kingston 58 Twickenham 54 Hounslow 28 Chiswick 16 Spelthorne 20 Heathrow 19 Hillingdon 49 Vauxhall 19 Battersea 24 Wandsworth 36 Wapping 22 Area Headquarters 2 Total 436 Male 270 Female 166 Plus one chief commandant and one deputy chief commandant based at New Scotland Yard.