HC Deb 10 November 1999 vol 337 cc588-9W
Mr. Randall

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of(a) police officers and (b) civilian employees employed in the Hillingdon Division of the Metropolitan Police for the years 1993 to 1998 inclusive. [97616]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis has provided the following information:

Hillingdon Division
Police Civil Staff
1993–94 1 106
1994–95 424 119
1995–96 423 122
1996–97 435 120
1997–98 386 100
1998–99 399 109
1 In 1994–95 Hillingdon Division was part of 6 Area. The Metropolitan Police District was then restructured into five Areas. 6 Area records of police officer deployment are no longer available.

Mr. Clappison

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers were serving in the Barnet and Hertsmere division of the Metropolitan Police(a) on 1 May 1997 and (b) according to the most recent figures available. [97298]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis tells me that the information requested is not available for 1 May 1997, but that information is held for 1 July 1997, when 277 police officers were serving in the Barnet and Hertsmere division.

Barnet and Hertsmere has now been combined with the Golders Green and West Hendon divisions within the Metropolitan Police. Information about police numbers for these three divisions is therefore now held as one. The number of police officers serving in Barnet Borough on 1 November 1999 was 681.

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