§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the 5,000 extra police he has announced will be allocated to Humberside Police Force; and how many are already in post in Humberside. [127393]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeHumberside have been allocated 74 additional recruits from the Crime Fighting Fund: 47 in 2000–01 and 27 in 2001–02.
All forces in England and Wales have been asked to profile their planned recruitment over the 12 months of 2000–01. Based on the profile provided by Humberside police, the table shows the number of officers recruited, or planned to be recruited, by Humberside police that will be deemed to be Crime Fighting Fund officers.
Humberside police Recruitment dates Officers deemed to be crime fighting fund recruits 6 April 2000 8 15 June 2000 11 20 July 2000 7 25 August 2000 12 28 September 2000 9 Total 47