HC Deb 25 October 1988 vol 139 cc162-71W
Mr. Hardy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers from each force have attended command courses at Bramshill police college in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The police staff college at Bramshill runs four command courses—the senior command course, the intermediate command course, the junior command course and the overseas command course. The tables below give the figures requested.

1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
16. Gwent — — — — — — — — — —
17. Hampshire — — 1 — — — — — 1 —
18. Hertfordshire — 1 — — — — — — 1 —
19. Humberside Police — — — — — — — — — —
20. Kent County — 1 1 — — — — 1 — 1
21. Lancashire — 1 — 1 2 — — — — —
22. Leicester — — — — — — — — — —
23. Lincolnshire Police — — — — — — — 1 — —
24. Merseyside Police 1 1 1 — — — — — 1 —
25. Metropolitan Police 5 5 8 5 4 9 5 4 5 8
26. Norfolk — — — — — — — — — —
27. Northamptonshire Police — — — — — — — — — —
28. Northumbria 2 1 — — — — — — 1 —
29. North Wales Police — — — — — — — — 2 1
30. North Yorkshire Police — 1 — — — — — — — —
31. Nottinghamshire 1 — — — — — — — — 2
32. South Wales — — — — — — — — — —
33. South Yorkshire Police 1 — 1 — — — — 1 — —
34. Staffordshire Police — — — — — — — — — 1
35. Suffolk — — — 1 1 — — — — —
36. Surrey — 1 1 2 — 1 — 1 1 —
37. Sussex Police — 1 — — 1 — 1 1 — 4
38. Thames Valley Police — 1 — 1 1 — — — 1 1
39. Warwickshire 1 — — — — — — — — 1
40. West Mercia 1 — — 1 — — — — — —
41. West Midlands Police 2 2 1 3 — 2 1 1 — —
42. West Yorkshire Police 2 1 1 — 1 — 1 — 1 —
43. Wiltshire — — — — — 1 — — — 1
44. Central Scotland — — — — — — — — — —
45. Dumfries and Galloway — — — — — — — — — —
46. Fife — — — — 1 — — — — —
47. Grampian — — — — — — — — — —
48. Lothian and Borders — — 1 — — — — — — —
49. Northern — — — — — — — — — —
50. Strathclyde 2 1 1 — — — — 1 1 1
51. Tayside — — — — — — — — — —
52. Royal Ulster Constabulary 1 1 1 2 — — — 1 1 —

Intermediate command course
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
1. Avon and Somerset 5 6 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 4
2. Bedfordshire Police 1 3 3 1 — 1 2 1 2 2
3. Cambridgeshire 1 3 3 1 2 1 2 2 2 1
4. Cheshire 2 2 1 1 — — 1 2 1 1
5. City of London Police 4 2 2 1 — 1 1 — 1 2
6. Cleveland 1 3 3 1 2 1 1 2 3 2
7. Cumbria 1 2 2 — 1 1 2 1 1 1
8. Derbyshire 4 4 3 1 2 2 3 3 2 2
9. Devon and Cornwall 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 1 4 2
10. Dorset Police 3 4 2 — 1 1 2 2 1 1
11. Durham 3 3 2 3 1 1 3 1 2 2
12. Dyfed Powys Police — 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
13. Essex Police 3 4 3 1 1 5 2 4 3 3
14. Gloucestershire 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1
15. Greater Manchester Police 11 10 9 5 5 5 3 5 7 6
16. Gwent 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1
17. Hampshire 4 5 3 3 3 2 — 3 3 2
18. Hertfordshire 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 5 4 3
19. Humberside Police 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 3
20. Kent County 7 4 1 1 3 2 3 2 3 3
21. Lancashire 7 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 2
22. Leicester 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
23. Lincolnshire Police 1 2 — 1 2 — 1 — 1 2
24. Merseyside Police 6 9 7 4 4 4 3 3 4 2
25. Metropolitan Police 48 33 43 29 35 31 32 29 33 24
26. Norfolk 1 2 2 1 1 — 1 1 1 1
27. Northamptonshire Police — 1 1 — 1 1 1 2 1 1
28. Northumbria 7 4 3 1 3 3 3 2 4 4
29. North Wales Police — 1 4 2 1 2 2 2 2 3
30. North Yorkshire Police 1 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1
31. Nottinghamshire 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2
32. South Wales 1 3 5 2 2 3 3 3 3 2
33. South Yorkshire Police 3 3 4 4 2 3 2 2 2 3
34. Staffordshire Police 4 3 2 1 1 — 1 2 1 2
35. Suffolk 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1

1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
36. Surrey 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1
37. Sussex Police 5 3 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 4
38. Thames Valley Police 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6 3 6
39. Warwickshire 1 3 3 — 1 — 1 1 2 1
40. West Mercia 5 7 4 3 1 1 2 2 3 2
41. West Midlands Police 9 8 7 2 2 2 3 3 5 9
42. West Yorkshire Police 9 6 5 2 6 4 3 4 3 3
43. Wiltshire — 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 1 2
44. RUC 4 4 4 2 4 3 2 3 3 4
45. MOD 2 1 1 — 1 1 1 3 1 2
46. British Transport 2 1 2 — 2 2 2 1 2 1
47. Guernsey — — — 1 — — — — — —
48. Jersey — — — — — — — — — 1
49. UKAEAC — — — — — — 1 — 1 —
50. RAF — — — — — 1 — 1 1 1
51. Royal Hong Kong Police 2 — 1 2 — 1 1 3 8 8
52. ICAC — — — — — — — 1 1 2
53. Singapore 1 — 2 — 1 1 1 1 1 1
54. Gibraltar — — — — — — — 1 — 2
55. Fiji — — — — — 1 — 1 — —
56. India 1 2 1 — — — — — — —

Junior command course
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
1. Avon and Somerset 7 8 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 2
2. Bedfordshire Police 2 3 3 2 2 2 4 3 1 4
3. Cambridgeshire 3 2 3 1 2 2 2 4 4 4
4. Cheshire 5 2 3 2 2 1 2 1 — 5
5. City of London Police 4 4 3 — 1 1 2 2 2 2
6. Cleveland 4 1 4 5 2 3 1 3 4 4
7. Cumbria 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 4 3 4
8. Derbyshire 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 4 2 4
9. Devon and Cornwall 5 5 5 4 4 3 4 4 7 7
10. Dorset Police 3 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 3 5
11. Durham 4 6 4 3 2 2 5 2 4 2
12. Dyfed Powys Police 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 3
13. Essex Police 5 4 5 4 4 6 3 4 5 14
14. Gloucestershire 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1
15. Greater Manchester Police 15 12 16 13 12 12 8 8 9 14
16. Gwent 2 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 4
17. Hampshire 8 9 6 4 4 2 2 5 3 3
18. Hertfordshire 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 7
19. Humberside Police 4 3 5 3 2 5 6 3 3 3
20. Kent County 7 9 7 5 1 3 4 6 7 7
21. Lancashire 13 11 10 6 4 4 8 7 7 9
22. Leicester 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 6
23. Lincolnshire Police 2 1 4 4 5 3 1 3 3 6
24. Merseyside Police 8 7 9 9 5 3 12 7 6 7
25. Metropolitan Police 64 66 57 51 52 47 39 48 49 105
26. Norfolk 1 3 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 4
27. Northamptonshire Police 1 — 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 4
28. Northumbria 9 9 6 3 7 6 6 5 9 9
29. North Wales Police 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
30. North Yorkshire Police 2 2 3 3 3 4 2 3 2 2
31. Nottinghamshire 5 3 6 4 6 6 5 4 2 7
32. South Wales 7 5 6 3 3 4 4 4 6 9
33. South Yorkshire Police 4 7 8 2 3 3 4 1 6 6
34. Staffordshire Police 4 4 4 — 2 1 1 2 2 6
35. Suffolk 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 3
36. Surrey 3 4 7 4 3 2 3 3 2 3
37. Sussex Police 6 5 7 3 4 4 4 4 5 7
38. Thames Valley Police 6 10 4 4 7 9 8 10 10 12
39. Warwickshire 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
40. West Mercia 5 3 8 7 4 3 3 3 3 2
41. West Midlands Police 17 17 14 8 6 9 9 9 11 10
42. West Yorkshire Police 12 9 6 3 4 4 4 4 5 11
43. Wiltshire 1 2 3 4 5 6 3 1 2 5
44. RUC 5 5 4 2 3 3 2 2 2 9
45. MOD 3 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 3
46. British Transport 1 — 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2
47. Guernsey 1 — — 1 1 — 1 1 1 —
48. Jersey — — — — — — — 1 1 1
49. Royal Parks — — — — — — 1 — — —
50. UKAEAL — — — — — — — 1 1 —
51. Royal Hong Kong Police — — — — — — 1 1 3 10
52. ICAC — — — — — — — — 1 —

1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
53. Fiji — 1 — — — — — — — —
54. Isle of Man — — — — 1 — — — — —

Overseas command courses
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
1. Anguilla — — 1 — — — — — — —
2. Antigua/Barbuda — 1 2 — 1 1 — — — —
3. Bahamas — 1 — 3 — — — — — 2
4. Bahrain 1 — — — — — — — — —
5. Bangladesh — 1 3 1 1 3 2 1 5 1
6. Barbados — 2 1 — — — 2 — 2 1
7. Belize — 1 — 4 — — — — 2 —
8. Bermuda 1 — — — 1 — — — — —
9. Botswana 2 2 — — 1 1 4 — — 1
10. Brunei 4 6 6 3 3 — 1 1 — —
11. Cameroon — — — — — — — — 2 —
12. Cayman Island — 1 — — — — — — — —
13. Cook Island — — — — — — — 1 — —
14. Cyprus 4 — 2 — 1 — 1 — — —
15. Dominica 1 1 — — — — — — — —
16. Egypt — — — — — — — 2 — —
17. Fiji 2 — 2 1 1 1 — — 1 —
18. Gambia — 1 — 1 — — — — — —
19. Chana — — 1 2 — 1 — — — —
20. Gibraltar — — 1 — — — — — — —
21. Grenada — — — — — 1 2 1 — 1
22. Guyana — — 1 — — — — — — 2
23. Hong Kong 4 1 1 1 1 1 — — — —
24. India — — 1 1 1 — — — — —
25. Indonesia 2 — — 1 4 2 2 1 1 —
26. Jamaica 5 — 3 2 2 2 1 2 — —
27. Jordan — — — 1 — — — — 1 —
28. Kenya — — — 2 — 1 — — — 1
29. Kiribati — — — — — 2 — — 1 —
30. Lesotho 1 2 — 3 — 1 — — — 2
31. Malawi 2 2 — — — 2 — 2 5 3
32. Maldives — — — — — — — — 1 —
33. Monserrat — 1 — — — — — — — —
34. Mauritius 1 1 — — — — — — — —
35. Nigeria — — — 1 1 — 1 — — —
36. Oman — 2 1 2 2 5 4 5 5 3
37. Pakistan 1 1 1 — — 1 — — — 1
38. Papua New Guinea 1 — — — — — — — 1 1
39. Philippines — — — — — — — 1 — 3
40. St Helena 1 — 1 1 — — 1 — — —
41. St Kitts & Nevis — — — 1 — — — — — —
42. St Lucia — — — — — — 1 — 1 —
43. St Vincent/Grenadines — — — 1 1 — — — 1 1
44. Seychelles 1 — — — — — — — — 1
45. Sierra Leone — — — 1 — — — — 1 1
46. Singapore 1 1 — — — — — — — —
47. Solomon Island — — 2 — — — 1 — — —
48. Sri Lanka — — — 1 — 2 1 2 — —
49. Swaziland — — — — 3 — 2 5 3 —
50. Tanzania — 1 — — 2 2 2 — — 1
51. Thailand — — — — — — — — — 3
52. Tonga — — — 1 — — 1 1 — 3
53. Turks & Caicos Islands — — — — — — — — 1 1
54. Uganda — — — — — — — — 2 3
55. United Arab Emirates — 1 — — — — — — — —
56. Vanuatu — — — — — 1 1 1 — —
57. Western Samoa — — — — — — — — — 1
58. Zambia 2 1 — — 2 2 1 — — —
59. Zimbabwe — 7 2 2 2 2 2 4 6 4
60. Malaysia — — 2 1 — — — 2 — —

Mr. Hardy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers have been selected to attend the command courses at Bramshill police college in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

Police officers attending the junior command course, the intermediate command course and the overseas command course at the police staff college are nominated by the chief officers of the forces in which they are serving. The numbers of officers selected to attend the senior command course are as follows:

Number
1978 23
1979 25
1980 23

Number
1981 23
1982 15
1983 14
1984 14
1985 20
1986 20
1987 22

The selection for the senior command course normally takes place in November, and the courses themselves run from April to September. Officers selected in one year do not invariably take their place on the following year's course, but may attend one in a later year. The figures given relate to the year of selection, not the year of eventual attendance.

Mr. Hardy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the positions of those serving senior police officers and the forces from which they came who were involved in each of the last 10 years in the selection of officers chosen to attend command courses at the police college, Bramshill.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The senior police officers involved in the selection of officers to attend the senior command centre at the police staff college were:

1978

  • Chief Constable, Avon and Somerset.
  • Chief Constable, Essex.
  • Chief Constable, North Wales.
  • Chief Constable, North Yorkshire.
  • Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police.
  • Chief Constable, Nottinghamshire.
  • Chief Constable, West Midlands.
  • Chief Constable, Humberside.
  • Chief Constable, Kent.
  • Chief Constable, Staffordshire.
  • Chief Constable, Cleveland.
  • Commissioner, City of London.

1979

  • Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police.
  • Chief Constable, Essex.
  • Chief Constable, Kent.
  • Chief Constable, Lincolnshire.
  • Chief Constable, North Wales.
  • Chief Constable, Cumbria.
  • Chief Constable, South Wales.
  • Chief Constable, Cheshire.
  • Chief Constable, Warwickshire.
  • Chief Constable, Cleveland.
  • Chief Constable, Staffordshire.
  • Chief Constable, Nottinghamshire.
  • Chief Constable, Humberside.
  • Chief Constable, West Midlands.
  • Chief Constable, Avon and Somerset.
  • Chief Constable, Lancashire.
  • Chief Constable, Thames Valley.

1980

  • Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police.
  • Chief Constable, Lancashire.
  • Chief Constable, Kent
  • Chief Constable, Lincolnshire.
  • HMIC
  • Chief Constable, North Wales.
  • Chief Constable, South Wales.
  • Chief Constable, Staffordshire.
  • Chief Constable, Essex.
  • Chief Constable, Bedfordshire.

1981

  • Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police.
  • Chief Constable, South Yorkshire.
  • Chief Constable, Lancashire.
  • Chief Constable, Essex.
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  • Chief Constable, West Midlands.
  • Chief Constable, Bedfordshire.
  • Chief Constable, Cheshire.
  • Chief Constable, Gloucestershire.
  • Chief Constable, North Wales.
  • Chief Constable, Humberside.
  • Chief Constable, Staffordshire.
  • HMIC
  • Chief Constable, Cleveland.
  • Chief Constable, Avon and Somerset.
  • Chief Constable, Warwickshire.
  • Chief Constable, Cumbria.

1982

  • Chief Constable, Cleveland.
  • Chief Constable, Gwent.
  • Chief Constable, Humberside.
  • Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police.
  • Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police.
  • Chief Constable, Devon and Cornwall.
  • Chief Constable, Cheshire.
  • Chief Constable, Avon and Somerset.
  • Chief Constable, Essex.
  • Chief Constable, Northamptonshire.
  • Chief Constable, South Wales.
  • Chief Constable, Bedfordshire.
  • Chief Constable, West Midlands.
  • Chief Constable, Thames Valley.
  • Chief Constable, Warwickshire.
  • Chief Constable, Cumbria.

1983

  • Chief Constable, West Midlands.
  • Deputy Chief Constable, Greater Manchester.
  • Deputy Chief Constable, Hertfordshire.
  • Chief Constable, Essex.
  • Chief Constable, Gwent.
  • Chief Constable, Cleveland.
  • Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police.
  • Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police.
  • Chief Constable, Cheshire.
  • Chief Constable, Surrey.
  • Chief Constable, Northamptonshire.
  • Chief Constable, Warwickshire.
  • Chief Constable, Cumbria.
  • Chief Constable, West Mercia.
  • Chief Constable, Thames Valley.

1984

  • Chief Constable, Humberside.
  • Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police.
  • Chief Constable, Essex.
  • Chief Constable, Devon and Cornwall.
  • Deputy Chief Constable, Greater Manchester.
  • Chief Constable, West Mercia.
  • Chief Constable, Surrey.
  • Chief Constable, Cheshire.
  • Deputy Chief Constable, Essex.
  • Deputy Chief Constable, Cleveland.
  • Chief Constable, Cleveland.
  • Chief Constable, Northamptonshire.
  • Chief Constable, Cumbria.
  • Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police.
  • Chief Constable, Gwent.
  • Chief Constable, Warwickshire.
  • Chief Constable, South Yorkshire.
  • Chief Constable, Hertfordshire.
  • Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police.

1985

  • Chief Constable, Essex.
  • Deputy Chief Constable, Hampshire.
  • Chief Constable, Humberside.
  • Chief Constable, Thames Valley.
  • Deputy Chief Constable, Cleveland.
  • Chief Constable, Cumbria.
  • Chief Constable, Cheshire.
  • Chief Constable, West Midlands.
  • Deputy Chief Constable, Essex.
  • Chief Constable, Gwent.
  • Deputy Chief Constable, Merseyside.
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  • Chief Constable, Hertfordshire.
  • Chief Constable, Cleveland.
  • Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police.
  • Chief Constable, Northamptonshire.
  • Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police.
  • Chief Constable, Warwickshire.

1986

  • Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police.
  • Chief Constable, Cheshire.
  • Deputy Chief Constable, Hampshire.
  • Chief Constable, Essex.
  • Chief Constable, Bedfordshire.
  • Chief Constable, Humberside.
  • Chief Constable, Thames Valley.
  • Chief Constable, Gwent.
  • Chief Constable, Warwickshire.
  • Deputy Chief Constable, Cleveland.
  • Chief Constable, Cleveland.
  • Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police.
  • Chief Constable, Surrey.
  • Chief Constable, West Midlands.
  • Deputy Chief Constable, Merseyside.
  • Chief Constable, Gloucestershire.
  • Chief Constable, South Wales.
  • Chief Constable, Cumbria.
  • Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police.

1987

  • Chief Constable, Cleveland.
  • Chief Constable, Northamptonshire.
  • Chief Constable, Cheshire.
  • Assistant Commissioner, City of London.
  • Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police.
  • Chief Constable, Humberside.
  • Deputy Chief Constable, Hampshire.
  • Chief Constable, Thames Valley.
  • Chief Constable, Dyfed-Powys.
  • Chief Constable, West Midlands.
  • Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police.
  • Chief Constable, Warwickshire.
  • Chief Constable, Bedfordshire.
  • Chief Constable, Gloucestershire.
  • Chief Constable, Gwent.
  • Deputy Chief Constable, Cleveland.
  • Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police.
  • Chief Constable, Essex.

Officers attending the junior command course, the intermediate command course and the overseas command course are nominated by the chief officer of the force in which they are serving.