HC Deb 11 March 1999 vol 327 cc328-9W
Mr. Beith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there were(a) in each division of the Metropolitan police force and (b) in total, (i) on the last date for which figures are available, (ii) on 31 March 1998, (iii) 31 March 1997 and (iv) 31 March 1992. [75271]

Kate Hoey

The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police tells me that the information is not available for the precise dates requested, but that it is recorded for different dates, as in the table. The various reasons why some entries are blank are that

  1. (i) West Hendon and Golders Green Divisions amalgamated to form Collingdale in August 1997; and
  2. (ii) there were some different divisional boundaries, and a different area structure, within the Metropolitan Police District in 1992. The Area Headquarters in 1992 were not the same Headquarters as those in later years and the final 21 entries in the table, starting with WD, relate to divisions and areas that existed only in 1992.

Metropolitan Police Manpower
Division 6 January 1999 31 December 1997 2 January 1997 7 January 1992
Greenwich 292.45 298.4 302.5 281
Bexleyheath 274.4 282 287.3 285
Croydon 265.38 272.84 297.36 323
South Norwood 324.34 327.77 327.98 303
Epsom & Sutton 412.81 404.5 405.23 402
Area 5 HQ 712.7 753.7 777.36 508
Heathrow 340.73 362.06 364.99 444
Brixton 290.58 299.08 322.65 301
Streatham 253.6 251.3 272.71 282
Vauxhall 350.11 366.51 371.94 —
Chiswick 171.71 186.3 197.2 204
Hounslow 266.3 270.26 272.7 270
Spelthorne 180.08 178.4 198.2 203
Twickenham 267 283.15 295.85 333
Kingston 329.89 366.89 362.24 403
Wimbledon 294.83 292.48 325.25 —
Battersea 263.4 268.7 306.9 257
Wandsworth 312.58 327.18 355.38 231
Hillingdon 395.5 398.2 418.7 —
WD — — — 231
LK — — — 180
LM — — — 225
VW — — — 313
Area 3 HQ 803.7 831.9 888.51 495
Shoreditch & Hackney 329.32 330.4 326.8 —
Stoke Newington 338.1 346.24 349.24 300
Limehouse 259.8 267.09 267 316
Whitechapel 301.3 300.4 329.4 —
Barkingside 260.98 268 292.4 292
Chingford 241.9 238.7 238.3 244
Ilford 231.65 228.95 259.6 263
Leyton 220.2 224.8 238.92 228
Havering 326.38 334.33 351.05 369
Forest Gate 295.48 303.48 314.48 —
Dagenham 279.12 299.8 299.85 279
Plaistow 286.88 286.88 311.4 295

Metropolitan Police Manpower
Division 6 January 1999 31 December 1997 2 January 1997 7 January 1992
Edmonton 267.68 268.3 261.78 247
Enfield 277 282 292.1 280
Area 4 HQ 658.2 694.7 680.43 420
Southwark 296.87 289.18 308.88 319
Peckham 296.76 302.63 303.78 300
Walworth 282.8 268.7 265.5 267
Catford 287.9 290.85 297.7 269
Lewisham 307.56 319.38 328.6 329
Bromley & Orpington 442.66 464.1 471.44 —
Plumstead 303.04 313.49 320.35 288
West End Central 298 309 308 256
Charing Cross 295.2 398.6 403.7 374
Marylebone 307.3 329.1 332.7 255
Paddington 324.2 352 350 —
Fulham 313.6 230.76 225.73 184
Hammersmith 300.82 311.02 335.52 352
Area 2 HQ 686.8 708.8 706.18 514
Hampstead 186.5 213.35 208.15 262
Kentish Town 291.66 285.46 274 279
Holborn 206.90 199.7 199.8 208
Holloway 245.01 250.5 255.9 267
Islington 284.4 298.9 313.7 —
Harrow 281.45 289.05 283.4 288
Wembley 257.48 266.48 272.6 258
Kilburn 336.18 346.75 367.26 402
Barnet & Hertsmere 225.55 277.26 285.26 298
Golders Green — — 215.15 210
Collingdale 427.79 428.73 — —
West Hendon — — 235.65 245
Ealing 312.8 338.35 354.28 346
Southall 281.99 288.16 291.19 258
Hornsey 245.4 261.4 263.3 284
Tottenham 273.1 265.1 271.7 293
PN — — — 238
PR — — — 285
GH — — — 351
HB — — — 206
HD — — — 206
KW — — — 300
ND — — — 332
Area 6 HQ — — — 441
XY — — — 214
XU — — — 253
BC — — — 210
BD — — — 230
Area 7 HQ — — — 504
Area 8 HQ — — — 486
CV — — — 137
DD — — — 289
DR — — — 224
Totals 21,517.18 22,088.90 22,761.38 23,636