HC Deb 14 February 2001 vol 363 c176W
Mr. Clappison

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers have been available for duty in the Hertsmere police division in each year since 1992. [150048]

Mr. Charles Clarke

[holding answer 12 February 2001]: I understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that before the boundary changes with the Hertfordshire constabulary on 1 April 2000 Hertsmere was part of the Barnet division. It is not possible to identify separately the number of police officers who policed Hertsmere.

I am told by the Chief Constable of Hertfordshire that for the financial year 2000–01 the Hertsmere division has an establishment of 139 police officers. On 31 January 2001 the actual number of officers available to police Hertsmere was 131 officers.