HC Deb 31 January 2000 vol 343 cc430-1W
Mr. Ottaway

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of police officers as at 1 January in each of the last five years in each police division in London(a) for each area, (b) for each borough and (c) in total. [107152]

Mr. Charles Clarke

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Southwark, North and Bermondsey (Mr. Hughes) on 19 January 2000,Official Report, column 457W.

Mr. Ottaway

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there were in each London borough per 10,000 of population as measured in the 1991 Census, on 1 January in each of the last five years. [107174]

Mr. Charles Clarke

Figures provided by the Commissioner of the Metropolitan police are shown in the following table:

Numbers of locally based police officers per 10,000 of population
London borough 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Kensington and Chelsea 42.5 41.6 44.2 41.9 39.3
Westminster 95.9 91.3 90.6 90.4 86.9
Hammersmith and Fulham 34.9 34.1 35.9 34.7 33.2
Camden 38.7 38.5 37.5 38.3 36.6
Islington 32.7 32.4 32.8 31.7 30.5
Harrow 13.4 14.4 13.9 14.2 13.8

Numbers of locally based police officers per 10,000 of population
London borough 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Brent 26.2 24.8 25.7 24.7 23.9
Barnet 26.4 25.1 24.5 23.5 21.8
Ealing 22.8 23.4 22.9 22.2 21.1
Haringey 27.4 25.7 25.3 24.9 24.5
Hillingdon 18.6 18.5 17.7 16.8 16.7
Hackney 36.9 35.1 36.0 36.0 35.5
Tower Hamlets 37.7 36.5 35.5 33.8 33.4
Redbridge 24.0 23.6 23.9 21.5 21.3
Waltham Forest 22.4 21.3 21.9 21.3 21.2
Havering 16.2 15.6 15.1 14.4 14.0
Barking 20.8 20.7 20.5 20.5 19.1
Newham 28.2 28.3 28.3 26.7 26.3
Enfield 20.7 20.7 21.0 20.9 20.7
Southwark 38.4 39.7 38.7 37.9 38.6
Lewisham 24.8 26.7 26.0 25.3 24.7
Bromley 17.0 16.6 16.0 15.7 15.0
Greenwich 26.8 29.2 29.2 28.6 27.9
Bexley 13.0 13.5 13.1 12.9 12.5
Croydon 19.5 19.9 19.6 18.8 18.5
Lambeth 39.1 37.8 37.7 35.7 34.9
Hounslow 22.3 23.2 22.5 21.8 20.9
Richmond 18.1 19.5 18.0 17.2 16.3
Kingston 27.1 28.6 26.3 26.7 24.0
Merton 20.6 19.5 18.9 17.0 17.2
Wandsworth 24.4 24.1 25.0 22.5 21.7

Note:

These numbers exclude officers deployed on non-local duties, e.g. on Areas or specialist Units.