HC Deb 15 May 2000 vol 350 cc54-6W
Mr. Heald

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the residential and non-residential training courses provided by the Police College at Hendon since January and the number of officers attending each course. [122272]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The information requested is given in the tables, provided by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.

Course title Number of Courses Number of attending
Non-residential training courses provided by the Police College at Hendon since January 2000
1 Armoured Landrover 4 12
2 CAD Module 12 119
3 Check Tests 7 8
4 CJU Financial Awareness 2 15
5 Control Room Foundation 3 20
6 Control Room Trainer 3 20
7 Controller Module 5 35
8 Covert Blues and Twos 11 51
9 Crime Prevention Design Adviser 2 20
10 CRIMINT 3 22
11 Drivers Assessors Programme 8 34
12 HOLMES (Non-Residential) 26 209
13 Intranet Publisher 6 53
14 Introduction to Management 4 51
15 Introduction to Training Assessment 4 48
16 INUIT 11 101

Course title Number of courses Number attending
17 Leadership 1 12
18 Managing Change 1 7
19 Managing Team 1 6
20 MSS Trainer 2 15
21 Officer Safety Instructor Training 2 37
22 Officer Safety Instructor Stage 1 Development 21 265
23 OTIS V4 Trainer 22 180
24 Performance Management 2 12
25 PIMS 2 13
26 PNC Module 12 120
27 PNC on OTIS Trainer 3 18
28 PNC Operator 4 34
29 Presentation Skills 1 6
30 Probationary Standard Response 11 90
31 Problem Solving and Decision Making 1 6
32 PSIS 4 33
33 Radio Telephony 59 279
34 Recruit Foundation Course for Traffic Wardens 2 17
35 Role Players Training for Traffic Wardens 1 7
36 RSIS 5 38
37 Standard Response (Assessed) 19 85
38 Street Duty Tutor for Traffic Wardens 1 12
39 Tough Interviewing 1 6
40 Trainer Development Part 1 5 49
41 Trainer Development Part 2 1 11
42 Trainer Foundation Part 3 3 29
43 Tutoring and Coaching 1 8
Total 299 2,213
Residential Training Courses provided by the Police College at Hendon since January 2000:
1 Advanced Traffic Patrol 2 15
2 Advanced Car 7 61
3 Audocrime 7 60
4 Community Safety Unit 3 83
5 Company Fraud and Financial Investigation 1 10
6 Custody Officer 16 192
7 Detective Foundation 2 153
8 Family Liaison 1 16
9 Financial Intelligence 1 15
10 HOLMES (residential) 4 50
11 Inspectors Foundation 4 36
12 National Autocrime 4 32
13 National Negotiators 1 20
14 National Protection 2 12
15 National Undercover Course 1 20
16 Pre-Surveillance (Fast Car) 2 12
17 PSU Carrier 10 60
18 Response Motorcyle 6 54
19 Scence Management and Examination Course 1 14
20 Senior Investigating Officer 5 65
21 Senior Investigating Officers Development 1 15
22 Sergeants Foundation 11 128
23 Sexual Offences Investigative Techniques 3 45
24 Standard Accident Investigation 4 31
25 Standard Financial Investigation 2 30
26 Standard Traffic Patrol 4 29
27 Surveillance 2 24
28 Test Purchases 2 53
29 TRAFFAC 3 22
Total 112 1,357

Police recruit intakes (residential) training courses provided by the Police College at Hendon since January 2000
Intake date Number attending
4 January 108
7 February 62
13 March 65
17 April 98
28 May 1125
2 July 1125
6 August 1125
10 September 1125
15 October 1125
19 November 1125
24 December 1125
1These numbers are target numbers

Mr. Heald

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the monthly recruitment intake target for the Police College at Hendon for 2000–01. [122277]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The information requested is shown in the following table, provided by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.

Month Target
April 100
May 125
July 125
August 125
September 125
October 125
November 125
December 125
February-2001 130
March-2001 130

Mr. Heald

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many officers applied to join training at the Police College at Hendon in the April and May intakes. [122274]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis tells me that 98 applicants began training at Hendon on 17 April 2000. The exact figure for the next intake will not be known until the course begins on 28 May: the intake target is 125.

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