§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list(a) the national staffing levels for British Transport police and (b) the staffing levels for British Transport police for the West Yorkshire passenger transport authority area, for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. PortilloThe figures for national staffing levels for British Transport police officers and civilian staff are as follows:
Year Police officers Civilian staff Total 1979 1,899 182 2,081 1980 1,948 186 2,134 1981 2,138 194 2,332 1982 2,128 196 2,324 1983 2,052 194 2,246 1984 1,961 186 2,147 1985 1,817 184 2,001 1986 1,834 186 2,020 1987 1,846 183 2,029 1988 1,830 194 2,024 1989 1,856 247 2,103 NoteThe change in the total between 1983 and 1985 reflected the termination of policing arrangements between Associated British Ports and the BTP.
Data for officers engaged solely on policing the West Yorkshire passenger authority area are not available, but 512W figures for officers stationed at Leeds and Bradford, involving an area which approximates to that of the PTA, are as follows:
Year Police officers Civilian staff Total 1979 53 2 55 1980 51 2 53 1981 54 2 56 1982 50 2 52 1983 52 2 54 1984 51 2 53 1985 53 2 55 1986 56 2 58 1987 53 2 55 1988 52 2 54 1989 55 2 57