§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the planned police recruitment intakes in England and Wales for(a) 2001–02, (b) 2002–03 and (c) 2003–04, broken down by force, differentiating recruits under the Crime Fighting Fund initiative and those who would otherwise be recruited. [146291]
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§ Mr. Charles ClarkeForces have not been asked to provide a forecast of recruitment for each intake in the years 2001–02 to 2003–04.
In their bids for a share of the recruitment scheme of the Crime Fighting Fund (CFF), made in January 2000, forces provided information on their projected recruitment over the following three years. The Metropolitan police service (MPS) has subsequently provided revised figures for total recruitment, but not for appointments on transfer.
Part (a) of the table shows the estimates forces have given for recruitment in terms of appointments on probation and projected transfers (i.e. transfers into each force from another) for 2000–01 and 2001–02. No projections have been sought for 2003–04.
In addition to the previously planned recruitment, forces have been allocated recruits from the CFF. Part (b) of the table shows current force allocations from the Crime Fighting Fund for 2001–02 and 2002–03.
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Force 2001–02 2002–03 (a) Total; projected appointments on probation plus transfers in Avon and Somerset 105 105 Bedfordshire 54 54 Cambridgeshire 67 62 Cheshire 86 83 City of London 52 52 Cleveland 64 59 Cumbria 60 60 Derbyshire 76 59 Devon and Cornwall 68 90 Dorset 72 61 Durham 61 59 Dyfed-Powys 46 44 Essex 123 125 Gloucestershire 75 75 Greater Manchester 289 267 Gwent 82 57 Hampshire 167 185 Hertfordshire 142 130 Humberside 0 0 Kent 75 154 Lancashire 86 86 Leicestershire 92 103 Lincolnshire 66 55 Merseyside 50 50 Metropolitan 1,661 2,003 Norfolk 43 41 North Wales 62 62 North Yorkshire 73 75 Northamptonshire 43 47 Northumbria 137 134 Nottinghamshire 84 84 South Wales 174 174 South Yorkshire 92 92 Staffordshire 39 78 Suffolk 40 59 Surrey 262 130 Sussex 175 175 Thames Valley 180 171 Warwickshire 48 48 West Mercia 60 100 West Midlands 350 350 West Yorkshire 115 115 Wiltshire 35 39 Total 5,731 6,052
Force 2001–02 2002–03 (b) Allocation of recruits from the Crime Fighting Fund1 Avon and Somerset 51 77 Bedfordshire 31 31 Cambridgeshire 34 24 Cheshire 69 50 City of London 23 15 Cleveland 27 27 Cumbria 23 26 Derbyshire 39 54 Devon and Cornwall 79 79 Dorset 9 30 Durham 27 38 Dyfed-Powys 38 16 Essex 132 65 Gloucestershire 35 22 Greater Manchester 256 201 Gwent 3 32 Hampshire 139 84 Hertfordshire 70 37 Humberside 41 49 Kent 62 76 Lancashire 69 74 Leicestershire 56 38 Lincolnshire 18 29 Merseyside 93 114 Metropolitan 814 682 Norfolk 41 31 North Wales 32 38 North Yorkshire 23 25 Northamptonshire 0 26 Northumbria 101 82 Nottinghamshire 53 52 South Wales 49 50 South Yorkshire 61 69 Staffordshire 51 46 Suffolk 21 31 Surrey 0 40 Sussex 82 73 Thames Valley 177 106 Warwickshire 0 24 West Mercia 39 43 West Midlands 130 171 West Yorkshire 91 94 Wiltshire 21 29 Total 3,210 3,000 1 Allocations may differ from previously published figures, as they include agreed acceleration or deferral of CFF recruits between 2000–01 and 2001–02. In the case of the Metropolitan police agreement has been given to defer up to 155 CFF recruits from 2000–01 into 2001–02, but the force now expects to defer only 115.
§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many recruits in each police force area under the Crime Fighting Fund initiative had previously made application to join the police service and been rejected. [146295]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeInformation is not collected centrally on whether recruits to the police service have previously made an application to join the police service and been rejected.