§ Ms JowellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total amount spent on driver training by each police force area in England and Wales for each year since 1990. [33487]
§ Mr. MacleanInformation collected centrally is related to the number of days spent on all aspects of driver and 695W traffic training, which includes training in matters such as traffic law, road safety, speed enforcement and accident investigation as well as driving courses. Details are set out in the table. Information about training costs is also given but is incomplete.
Total training days—driver and traffic training Force 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 Avon and Somerset 6,710 6,736 6,829 Bedfordshire 2,562 2,414 2,555 Cambridgeshire 587 1,074 2,053 Cheshire 3,547 1,843 1,429 City of London 952 697 706 Cleveland 2,259 743 618 Cumbria 1,496 1,383 1,416 Derbyshire 4,511 2,287 2,795 Devon and Cornwall 3,652 4,254 3,648 Dorset 1,524 1,804 1,603 Durham 2,135 2,643 2,136 Dyfed Powys 1,614 1,397 1,746 Essex 6,535 7,813 7,840 Gloucestershire 1,762 1,465 1,282 Greater Manchester 12,431 10,345 9,062 Gwent 1,513 1,291 n/a Hampshire 3,944 3,407 n/a Hertfordshire 3,698 2,160 3,260 Humberside 2,490 3,158 — Kent 4,620 2,643 3,008 Lancashire 2,675 3,321 3,003 Leicestershire 2,270 3,011 2,521 Lincolnshire 1,617 1,675 1,562 Merseyside 5,504 6,608 3,601 Norfolk 2,652 2,406 1,887 Northamptonshire 2,466 2,389 2,130 Northumbria 5,178 4,410 4,535 North Wales 1,351 1,325 1,101 North Yorkshire 2,345 2,944 2,754 Nottinghamshire 4,030 3,151 2,477 South Wales 2,490 4,341 4,982 South Yorkshire 3,756 3,570 4,396 Staffordshire 4,677 4,982 3,936 Suffolk 1,715 2,115 1,916 Surrey 2,889 3,674 — Sussex 4,465 6,843 — Thames Valley 7,948 7,427 5,585 Warwickshire 1,153 1,678 969 West Mercia 2,236 3,375 4,014 West Midlands 13,016 9,980 10,777 West Yorkshire 4,532 4,304 4,920 Wiltshire 2,771 3,332 2,638 Metropolitan 28,149 31,783 33,886 696W
Training costs—driver and traffic training £ Force 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 Avon and Somerset 1,494,009 1,321,638 1,453,522 Bedfordshire — 590,523 677,496 Cambridgeshire — 361.942 524,857 Cheshire 509,266 376,253 330,990 City of London — — — Cleveland 467,000 273,000 — Cumbria 305,436 135,649 259,091 Derbyshire 929,463 — 577,794 Devon and Cornwall 655,897 855,765 877,513 Dorset — 419,892 — Durham — — — Dyfed Powys 263,400 231,600 — Essex 1,964,589 1,300,000 2,007,391 Gloucestershire 350,784 293,538 276,670 Greater Manchester — 1,251,773 1,207,188
Training costs—driver and traffic training £ Force 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 Gwent 287,498 209,866 — Hampshire — 858,621 1,114,196 Hertfordshire — — — Humberside 520,000 258,000 — Kent 1,048,039 875,336 1,185,687 Lancashire — 914,666 — Leicestershire 253,713 — 405,623 Lincolnshire — 474,400 — Merseyside 1,594,039 1,827,821 1,413,639 Norfolk 571,500 519,700 453,800 Northamptonshire — 441,661 431,128 Northumbria — — 968,752 North Wales — — 121,569 North Yorkshire 433,570 533,890 550,200 Nottinghamshire — 710,292 — South Wales 644,808 840,145 961.465 South Yorkshire — — — Staffordshire 441,759 1,137,897 535,668 Suffolk 553,462 448 456,012 Surrey 864,700 969,000 1,002,000 Sussex 503,000 805,912 — Thames Valley — 1,761,828 1,380,992 Warwickshire 166,314 788,718 249,693 West Mercia 596,616 725,905 897,038 West Midlands 3,020,332 3,226,004 2,989,280 West Yorkshire 1,674,900 1,493,900 1,561,300 Wiltshire 47,620 303,448 392,890 Metropolitan — 4,546,817 — Figures for 1993–94 and 1994–95 are not yet available.