§ Mr. FabricantTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers were employed by Cleveland Constabulary in each of the last five years. [129519]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe information requested is as follows:
Officers available for ordinary duty, Cleveland Constabulary, 1995–99 (as at 30 September) Year Number 1995 1,430 1996 1,444 1997 1,481 1998 1,453 1999 1,373
§ Mr. FabricantTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many criminal offences were recorded in the Cleveland Constabulary area by category in(a) 1999 and (b) 1986. [129518]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe requested information is given in the table. The data are not comparable because of changes to the counting rules for recorded crime which came into effect on 1 April 1998.
Notifiable offences recorded by the police, Cleveland Offence category Year ending September 1999 Calendar year 1986 Violence against the person 3,016 1,959 Sexual offences 372 284 Robbery 836 121 Burglary 16,476 15,089 Theft and handling 30,668 29,640 Fraud and forgery 2,606 2,097 Criminal damage 10,956 8,876 Drug and other offences 1,532 67 Total 66,462 58,133