§ Mr. RandallTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of(a) police officers and (b) civilian employees employed in the Hillingdon Division of the Metropolitan Police for the years 1993 to 1998 inclusive. [97616]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis has provided the following information:
Hillingdon Division Police Civil Staff 1993–94 1— 106 1994–95 424 119 1995–96 423 122 1996–97 435 120 1997–98 386 100 1998–99 399 109 1 In 1994–95 Hillingdon Division was part of 6 Area. The Metropolitan Police District was then restructured into five Areas. 6 Area records of police officer deployment are no longer available.
§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers were serving in the Barnet and Hertsmere division of the Metropolitan Police(a) on 1 May 1997 and (b) according to the most recent figures available. [97298]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis tells me that the information requested is not available for 1 May 1997, but that information is held for 1 July 1997, when 277 police officers were serving in the Barnet and Hertsmere division.
589WBarnet and Hertsmere has now been combined with the Golders Green and West Hendon divisions within the Metropolitan Police. Information about police numbers for these three divisions is therefore now held as one. The number of police officers serving in Barnet Borough on 1 November 1999 was 681.