HC Deb 15 May 1995 vol 260 cc19-20W
Mr. Butler

To 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. Maclean

The only information available relates to the average number of days spent in training by police constables, including probationers, during 1992–93.

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