§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many special police constables were serving in each of the Metropolitan policing divisions in December 2000. [147841]
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§ Mr. Charles ClarkeInformation is not collected centrally in the form requested. The information shown in the table has been provided by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis:
Borough Number of special constables Barking and Dagenham 20 Barnet 54 Bexley 25 Brent 22 Bromley 20 Camden 18 Croydon 34 Ealing 7 Enfield 36 Greenwich 16 Hackney 19 Hammersmith and Fulham 17 Haringey 19 Harrow 14 Havering 24 Hillingdon 26 Hounslow 22 Islington 38 Kensington and Chelsea 24 Kingston 19 Lambeth 29 Lewisham 14 Merton 15 Newham 26 Redbridge 22 Richmond 18 Southwark 18 Sutton 9 Tower Hamlets 17 Waltham Forest 16 Wandsworth 17 Westminster 52 In addition to the officers serving in boroughs, 10 officers are attached to Territorial Policing, 14 officers are serving with the Marine Support Unit based at Wapping and eight officers are based at Heathrow. A further four officers are currently unallocated.
In total there are 763 special constables serving in the Metropolitan police district.