§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the recruitment target is for the Metropolitan Police for the current year. [115033]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeI refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for North-East Hertfordshire (Mr. Heald) on 13 March 2000,Official Report, columns 91–92W.
§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of entrants to the Metropolitan Police Service on intake start date 13 March. [115758]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis tells me that the information requested is 65.
§ Mr. WilshireTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many investigations were carried out between 1 April 1998 and 31 March 1999 by the South West Area Major Investigation Pool of the Metropolitan Police; how many of those investigations concerned one or more deaths; how many officers worked in the pool; and what was the total sum available to the pool in that period for overtime payments. [115728]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis has informed me that between 1 April 1998 and 31 March 1999 the South West Area Major Investigation Pool undertook 37 investigations. The number of investigations involving one or more deaths was 31. There were approximately 95 police officers employed by the Pool over the year. The actual cost of overtime worked by police and civil staff was £525,756.
§ Ms PerhamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the rate of absenteeism of Metropolitan police officers for each of the years 1990 to 1999. [115223]
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§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis tells me that records are kept of sickness absences. Figures before 1994–95 are not readily available. Details over the last five financial years are shown in the table:
Working days lost 1994–95 369,140 1995–96 375,829 1996–97 386,001 1997–98 395,395 1998–99 289,789
§ Ms PerhamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Metropolitan police officers were serving in specialist units for each of the years from 1990 to 1999. [115224]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis tells me that the numbers of officers other than recruits in training, or in units other than Boroughs and Holding Branch, since 1990 are given in the table:
Metropolitan police officers employed in some form of specialism December 1990 7,825.00 December 1991 8,151.00 December 1992 8,551.18 December 1993 7,882.35 December 1994 7,550.39 December 1995 7,654.47 December 1996 7,541.41 December 1997 7,502.65 December 1998 7,420.10 December 1999 7,670.73