§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Neath (Mr. Hain) of 18 January,Official Report, columns 465–66, what considerations underlie his decision not to collect information centrally on the number of incidents requiring police deployment (a) per officer and (b) by 100,000 population by police and by year for each police authority; if he will consider holding the information in future; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Charles WardleTwo of the police perfomance indicators introduced jointly by the Home Office, the Audit362W Commission, Her Majesty's inspectorate of constabulary and the Association of Chief Police Officers cover police deployment: the number of incidents per 100 police officers and the number of incidents requiring immediate police response. These indicators will be collected annually, starting with the financial year ending March 1994, and will be collated by HMCIC.