§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents requiring an immediate response were recorded by the police in terms of(a) crime, (b) disorder, (c) traffic, (d) alarms and (e) other, and what number of 999 calls were made in (i) 1993–94 and (ii) 1994–95 in each police force in England and Wales, with totals for England and for Wales. [7966]
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 9 January 1996]The figures for incidents requiring an immediate response and 999 calls recorded by the police in England and Wales are set out in the table. The nature of an incident requiring an immediate response is a matter for individual police forces, and the criteria vary between them. Data are collected only in terms of the total number of incidents requiring an immediate response, and cannot be disaggregated.
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1993–94 1994–95 Forces Total 999 calls Incidents immediate response Total 999 calls Incidents immediate response Avon and Somerset 88,235 82,913 159,800 36,599 Bedfordshire 43,200 1,142 51,192 12,477 Cambridgeshire 53,504 29,406 58,805 33,171 Cheshire 75,094 2— 80,035 2— City of London 3— 10,560 3— 8,169 Cleveland 67,398 3,580 84,346 9,512 Cumbria 33,985 30,152 34,729 28,915 Derbyshire 49,457 53,318 2— 48,475 Devon and Cornwall 102,391 26,324 121,798 91,989 Dorset 55,155 12,950 54,791 64,452 Durham 29,447 7,009 29,923 15,542 Essex 110,005 79,845 114,883 72,954 Gloucestershire 40,462 38,738 45,388 37,471 Greater Manchester 416,873 206,715 446,345 175,400 Hampshire 162,082 181,000 170,560 204,023 Hertfordshire 67,610 9,032 77,071 9,757 Humberside 85,632 76,650 88,300 64,704 Kent 130,015 33,707 141,769 43,415 Lancashire 71,986 101,032 102,984 83,240 Leicestershire 100,232 82,057 114,314 98,290 Lincolnshire 34,694 23,424 45,828 37,279 Merseyside 200,711 69,335 220,432 57,898 Metropolitan Police 1,347,207 488,426 1,534,978 418,809 Norfolk 37,143 55,276 48,984 43,817 North Yorkshire 31,956 8,880 56,646 3,661 Northamptonshire 25,027 56,875 32,256 36,520 Northumbria 213,369 95,223 224,569 93,832 Nottinghamshire 119,489 91,643 115,695 92,918 South Yorkshire 123,144 91,060 149,178 47,496 Staffordshire 58,935 32,559 65,266 20,652 Suffolk 22,521 25,307 30,253 26,073 Surrey 56,182 12,024 67,268 111,386 Sussex 94,251 54,373 138,265 58,460 Thames Valley 125,754 130,401 195,016 52,271 Warwickshire 43,468 10,296 48,870 15,896 West Mercia 80,894 56,536 98,539 77,805 West Midlands 358,009 163,109 412,211 142,766 West Yorkshire 267,786 132,746 323,081 111,431 Wiltshire 25,000 41,362 42,768 37,976 England total 5,053,303 2,704,980 5,827,136 2,515,501 Dyfed-Powys 21,231 14,617 24,068 14,059 Gwent 32,191 36,131 35,360 37,832 North Wales 39,945 35,771 40,575 32,333 South Wales 150,370 90,600 158,006 83,251 Wales total 243,737 177,119 258,009 167,475 Notes:
1 Forces which have based their figures on estimates.
2 Data not available as collection systems were not in place or were being updated.
3 999 calls covered by Metropolitan police.
Source:
Figures supplied by forces to Her Majesty's inspectorate of constabulary.