§ Mr. AshdownTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the number of(a) calls and (b) completed call cards for each English police force for the latest available year; and if he will give the ratio of police officers to calls and call cards for each force. [107798]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeData are not collected in the form requested. Information held by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary for the year 1998–99 in respect of all calls to the police for services requiring further action by the police is given in the table:
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Forces Police strength 1 Total calls for service 2 Calls for service per 100 police officers Avon and Somerset 2,999 403,579 13,456 Bedfordshire 1,041 142,369 13,673 Cambridgeshire 1,283 214,617 16,729 Cheshire 2,071 271,785 13,126 City of London 798 38,134 4,778 Cleveland 1,430 213,864 14,957 Cumbria 1,133 208,378 18,400 Derbyshire 1,761 273,251 15,519 Devon and Cornwall 2,924 488,432 16,704 Dorset 1,292 160,122 12,393 Durham 1,541 191,538 12,427 Dyfed-Powys 1,014 126,536 12,475 Essex 2,844 372,538 13,099 Gloucestershire 1,048 200,547 19,145 Greater Manchester 6,754 1,186,696 17,569 Gwent 1,252 193,197 15,435 Hampshire 3,488 536,129 15,371 Hertfordshire 1,734 324,260 18,702 Humberside 1,998 402,262 20,135 Kent 3,208 393,175 12,257 Lancashire 3,245 641,498 19,770
Forces Police strength 1 Total calls for service 2 Calls for service per 100 police officers Leicestershire 1,988 277,683 13,967 Lincolnshire 1,140 135,623 11,901 Merseyside 4,214 514,127 12,201 Metropolitan Police 24,447 3,336,173 13,646 Norfolk 1,401 179,319 12,799 North Wales 1,415 161,879 11,440 North Yorkshire 1,352 225,125 16,653 Northamptonshire 1,166 179,783 15,425 Northumbria 3,840 601,251 15,657 Nottinghamshire 2,283 350,989 15,377 South Wales 2,981 544,026 18,247 South Yorkshire 3,168 423,145 13,357 Staffordshire 2,265 386,913 17,084 Suffolk 1,189 134,051 11,276 Surrey 1,635 202,727 12,398 Sussex 2,718 515,537 18,970 Thames Valley 3,649 479,065 13,127 Warwickshire 916 118,666 12,949 West Mercia 2,005 373,206 18,614 West Midlands 7,182 840,539 11,704 West Yorkshire 5,022 693,661 13,813 Wiltshire 1,186 185,292 15,623 Provincial Total 97,570 14,505,514 14,867 England and Wales Total 122,018 17,841,687 14,622 1 Figures as 31 March 1999 are used for performance indicator purposes. This is total strength excluding operational officers on secondment and assigned to protection duties. 2 Defined as any request for assistance that requires any further action, not necessarily immediately.