§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 22 January 2001,Official Report, column 491W, on special constables, what the (a) expenditure was on special constable recruitment advertising and (b) number of special constables recruited was in each of the last five years. [148582]
§ Mr. Charles Clarke[holding answer 5 February 2001]: The total expenditure on special constable recruitment advertising is assessed at the end of each financial year in March. The figures for the five years 1995–96 to 1999–2000 are set out in the table:
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Year £ 1995–96 1,960,000 1996–97 1,950,000 1997–98 420,000 1998–99 355,000 1999–2000 910,000 Five year total 5,595,000 The figures for the number of special constables recruited during the same period are:
Recruited Male Female Total April 1995-March 1996 2,565 1,868 4,433 April 1996-March 1997 2,959 1,949 4,908 April 1997-March 1998 2,255 1,550 3,805 April 1998-March 1999 1,668 1,155 2,823 April 1999-March 2000 1,123 744 1,867 Five year total 10,570 7,266 17,836