§ Mr. ButlerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for how many hours per day, on average, a police constable(a) performs operational duties, (b) receives training and (c) works on other matters in the latest year for which statistics are available, by police forces. [23599]
§ Mr. MacleanThe only information available relates to the average number of days spent in training by police constables, including probationers, during 1992–93.
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Forces Training days Average number of days per PC Avon and Somerset 37,194 16 Bedfordshire 16,717 18 Cambridgeshire 14,056 15 Cheshire 20,773 14 City of London 6,688 12 Cleveland 14,149 13 Cumbria 17,674 20 Derbyshire 30,721 22 Devon and Cornwall 44,487 20 Dorset 15,987 16 Durham 10,614 10 Dyfed Powys 10,241 14 Essex 45,804 20 Gloucestershire 11,930 13 Greater Manchester 65,586 13 Gwent n/a n/a Hampshire n/a n/a Hertfordshire 18,222 14 Humberside n/a n/a Kent 50,259 21 Lancashire 35,215 15 Leicestershire 25,175 18 Lincolnshire 14,391 16 Merseyside 53,859 15 Metropolitan 230,627 11 Norfolk 15,987 14 North Wales 10,829 11 North Yorkshire 20,257 19 Northamptonshire 22,062 25 Northumbria 48,274 17 Nottinghamshire 34,977 20 South Wales 33,019 14 South Yorkshire 36,666 16 Staffordshire 23,603 14 Suffolk 11,940 13 Surrey n/a n/a Sussex n/a n/a Thames Valley 47,442 16 Warwickshire 8,599 11
Forces Training days Average number of days per PC West Mercia 26,279 17 West Midlands 105,198 20 West Yorkshire 40,936 10 Wiltshire 19,139 22