§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what estimates he has received from each police force of total wastage in police numbers for the three years commencing in April 2000; [110977]
(2) what estimates he has received from each police force of the actual wastage in police numbers for the three years commencing in April 2000. [110755]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeIn their bids for a share of the recruitment scheme of the Crime Fighting Fund, forces provided information on their projected wastage over the next three years. The table shows the estimates they have given for (i) wastage in terms of losses to each force and the Police Service as a whole; and (ii) projected transfers (i.e. transfers from each force into another), for the next three years. The latter are not losses to the Service.
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§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what(a) total wastage and (b) actual wastage in police numbers has taken place since March 1999 on a monthly basis in respect of each police force. [110972]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeWastage figures for the police are not collected on a monthly basis. The numbers of officers who left police forces between April and September 1999 are given in the table. These figures do not reflect recruitment to forces during this period.
Police strength in England and Wales: Wastage (April 1999 to September 1999)1 Police force Number of officers Avon and Somerset 60 Bedfordshire 31 Cambridgeshire 28 Cheshire 39 City of London 31 Cleveland 34 Cumbria 35 Derbyshire 21 Devon and Cornwall 65 Dorset 36 Durham 25 Dyfed-Powys 19 Essex 99 Gloucestershire 30 Greater Manchester 155 Gwent 40 Hampshire 111 Hertfordshire 50 Humberside 48 Kent 64 Lancashire 54 Leicestershire 36 Lincolnshire 29 Merseyside 85 Metropolitan Police 715 Norfolk 28 Northamptonshire 16 Northumbria 62 North Wales 26 North Yorkshire 33 Nottinghamshire 45 South Wales 95 South Yorkshire 63 Staffordshire 39 Suffolk 29 Surrey 35 Sussex 88 Thames Valley 90 Warwickshire 21 West Mercia 57 West Midlands 157 West Yorkshire 105 Wiltshire 25 NCS 137 NCIS 14 Total all forces 3,105 1 Wastage includes retirements, dismissals, deaths and departures for other reasons
§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 9 February 2000, to the hon. Member for Elmet (Mr. Burgon),Official Report, column 172W, of the 12,478 police officers, how many are planned to be recruited by each force in each of the three years commencing in April. [110754]
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§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Elmet (Mr. Burgon) of 9 February 2000,Official Report, column 172W, on police officer recruitment, if he will give a breakdown for each police force, in each year, of the officers they are planning to recruit over the next three years; for what reason the estimated figure of general police recruitment over the next three years is lower than the estimate he gave in October 1999 to the Home Affairs Committee; and if he will make a statement. [110743]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeIn their bids for a share of the recruitment scheme of the Crime Fighting Fund, forces provided information on their planned recruitment over the next three years. The table shows the projected appointments on probation and transfers in from other forces.
Actual recruitment levels will depend on the chief officer's decisions in the light of the available resources—including the outcome of the 2000 Spending Review now under way.
When my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary spoke to the Home Affairs Committee on 26 October last year, the best estimate at that time for the recruitment of new officers to the police service over the next three years was based on projecting forward past trends and suggested between a little over 13,000 and 16,500, but crucially, depending on the assumptions made about the impact of future budget pressures. Professor Buck independently verified these figures and thought that taking 15,000 as an indicative figure for planning purposes was not unreasonable. My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary said that we would be seeking more specific information from forces about their recruitment plans.
In bidding for a share of the Fund, forces were asked for details of the numbers of officers (new to the service) that they were planning to recruit over the next three years. Their projections come to 12,478.
Forces' projections reflect the decisions and assumptions they and their police authorities have made about the way in which they will use the resources available to them, not just next year but in the two following years, where budgets have yet to be settled.
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Projected police officer recruitment—2000–03 Force 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Total Projected appointments on probation Avon and Somerset 65 80 80 225 Bedfordshire 52 52 52 156 Cambridgeshire 101 52 47 200 Cheshire 70 76 73 219 City of London 50 52 52 154 Cleveland 59 51 47 157 Cumbria 5 60 60 125 Derbyshire 36 60 48 144 Devon and Cornwall 88 48 70 206 Dorset 42 36 31 109 Durham 46 53 51 150 Dyfed-Powys 34 36 34 104 Essex 200 113 115 428 Gloucestershire 90 70 70 230 Greater Manchester 244 279 257 780 Gwent 0 74 51 125 Hampshire 170 152 170 492 Hertfordshire 114 128 116 358 Humberside 0 0 0 0 830W
Projected police officer recruitment—2000–03 Force 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Total Kent 145 60 139 344 Lancashire 80 80 80 240 Leicestershire 71 83 94 248 Lincolnshire 55 55 45 155 Merseyside 40 40 40 120 Metropolitan 692 346 600 1,638 Norfolk 20 31 29 80 North Wales 57 57 57 171 North Yorkshire 60 63 60 183 Northamptonshire 27 37 40 104 Northumbria 154 137 134 425 Nottinghamshire 87 73 73 233 South Wales 192 162 162 516 South Yorkshire 80 80 80 240 Staffordshire 11 34 68 113 Suffolk 16 36 55 107 Surrey 145 212 100 457 Sussex 160 160 160 480 Thames Valley 180 175 166 521 Warwickshire 48 48 48 144 West Mercia1 66 50 90 206 West Midlands 330 330 330 990 West Yorkshire 105 105 105 315 Wiltshire 28 27 31 86 Total 4,315 3,953 4,210 12,478 Projected Transfers in Avon and Somerset 25 25 25 75 Bedfordshire 2 2 2 6 Cambridgeshire 15 15 15 45 Cheshire 10 10 10 30 City of London 0 0 0 0 Cleveland 12 13 12 37 Cumbria 0 0 0 0 Derbyshire 4 16 11 31 Devon and Cornwall 20 20 20 60 Dorset 32 36 30 98 Durham 8 8 8 24 Dyfed-Powys 10 10 10 30 Essex 10 10 10 30 Gloucestershire 5 5 5 15 Greater Manchester 10 10 10 30 Gwent 0 8 6 14 Hampshire 20 15 15 50 Hertfordshire 14 14 14 42 Humberside 0 0 0 0 Kent 15 15 15 45 Lancashire 6 6 6 18 Leicestershire 9 9 9 27 Lincolnshire 15 11 10 36 Merseyside 10 10 10 30 Metropolitan 15 15 15 45 Norfolk 12 12 12 36 North Wales 5 5 5 15 North Yorkshire 15 10 15 40 Northamptonshire 5 6 7 18 Northumbria 0 0 0 0 Nottinghamshire 11 11 11 33 South Wales 12 12 12 36 South Yorkshire 12 12 12 36 Staffordshire 0 5 10 15 Suffolk 4 4 4 12 Surrey 37 50 30 117 Sussex 15 15 15 45 Thames Valley 5 5 5 15 Warwickshire 0 0 0 0 West Mercia1 10 10 10 30 West Midlands 20 20 20 60 West Yorkshire 10 10 10 30 Wiltshire 8 8 8 24 Total 448 478 454 1,380
Projected police officer recruitment—2000–03 Force 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Total Total projected appointments on probation plus Transfers in Avon and Somerset 90 105 105 300 Bedfordshire 54 54 54 162 Cambridgeshire 116 67 62 245 Cheshire 80 86 83 249 City of London 50 52 52 154 Cleveland 71 64 59 194 Cumbria 5 60 60 125 Derbyshire 40 76 59 175 Devon and Cornwall 108 68 90 266 Dorset 74 72 61 207 Durham 54 61 59 174 Dyfed-Powys 44 46 44 134 Essex 210 123 125 458 Gloucestershire 95 75 75 145 Greater Manchester 254 289 267 810 Gwent 0 82 57 139 Hampshire 190 167 185 542 Hertfordshire 128 142 130 400 Humberside 0 0 0 0 Kent 160 75 154 389 Lancashire 86 86 86 258 Leicestershire 80 92 103 275 Lincolnshire 70 66 55 191 Merseyside 50 50 50 150 Metropolitan 707 361 615 1,683 Norfolk 32 43 41 116 North Wales 62 62 62 186 North Yorkshire 75 73 75 223 Northamptonshire 32 43 47 122 Northumbria 154 137 134 425 Nottinghamshire 98 84 84 266 South Wales 204 174 174 552 South Yorkshire 92 92 92 276 Staffordshire 11 39 78 128 Suffolk 20 40 59 119 Surrey 182 262 130 574 Sussex 175 175 175 525 Thames Valley 185 180 171 536 Warwickshire 48 48 48 144 West Mercia1 76 60 100 236 West Midlands 350 350 350 1,050 West Yorkshire 115 115 115 345 Wiltshire 36 35 39 110 Total 4,763 4,431 4,664 13,858 1 West Mercia uncertain about level of budget: 31 or 66 will be recruited in 2000–01.