§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will initiate an inquiry into levels of stress on police now engaged in ambulance work and its effects on their future efficiency as police officers.
§ Mr. Peter LloydWe have no plans to do so.
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the cost in police time and resources, for each police authority area, of the ambulance dispute since September.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe readily available information is that up to 8 December police forces had provided about the number of man hours shown in the table in assisting the ambulance service in their areas.
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Approximate number of man hours Number West Midlands 8,200 Bedfordshire 5,900 Lincolnshire 1,500 Dorset 650 Derbyshire 6,800 Hampshire 3,500
Number Hertfordshire 12,200 South Yorkshire 4,400 West Yorkshire 570 Warwickshire 460 Surrey 450 For the Metropolitan police district I would refer the hon. Member to the answer I have given him today in reply to another question.
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total number of police, per day, by Metropolitan police division, employed on ambulance duties since September.
§ Mr. Peter LloydI understand that in the Metropolitan police district from 8 November to 12 December the approximate number of police officers by area employed on duties assisting the ambulance service in each 24-hour period has been as follows:
Approximate number of officers Area Number 1 72 2 44 3 64 4 40 5 60 6 72 7 74 8 34 TOTAL 460 On each of 23 and 24 October the total was about 670 and on 7 November the total was about 830.