§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the(a) length of service and (b) age profile of police officers serving in the Metropolitan police. [145086]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe information requested is set out in the table and reflects the position at the end of December 2000. The numbers of staff provided in the table relate to actual persons and not to full-time equivalent staff. The data have been provided by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.
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Number of officers (a) Length of service 0–4 4,810 5–9 4,064 10–14 5,171 15–19 4,557 20–24 4,109 25–29 2,391 30–34 467 35–39 58 40+ 3 (b) Age Less than 20 73 20–24 1,467 25–29 3,362 30–34 5,320 35–39 6,226 40–44 5,021 45–19 2,822 50–54 1,131 55–59 208
§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many entrants there were to the Metropolitan police service on each intake start date in 2000; and what the monthly recruitment intake target was for each such date. [145093]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeI am advised by the Metropolitan police that the number of entrants and the target for each intake start date in 2000 were as follows:
Month Entrants Target 4 January 2000 104 130 7 February 2000 61 130 13 March 2000 66 130 17 April 2000 101 99 22 May 2000 102 99 26 June 2000 98 100 31 July 2000 89 90 No intake in August 0 0 4 September 2000 97 95 9 October 2000 140 142 20 November 2000 148 150 18 December 2000 148 150 Recruitment intakes take place at five weekly intervals, so targets were set on the basis of intake dates not calendar months. The number of entrants shown includes new recruits and transfers into the Metropolitan police service
§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many constables had less than two years police service in the Metropolitan police in each month of 2000. [145103]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe information, set out in the table, has been provided by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.
Constables with less than two years service Month Number January 2,221 February 2,205 March 2,242 April 2,326 May 2,284 June 2,229 July 2,150 August 1,963 September 1,902 October 1,900 November 2,026 December 2,154
§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many officers left the Metropolitan police service in(a) the first and (b) the second year of their service in 2000; [145079]
(2) what the average length of service of police officers was in the Metropolitan police in 2000. [145100]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeI understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that the average length of service for police officers in the Metropolitan police service in 2000 was 14.3 years for males and 10.3 years for females.
111WI am also informed by the Commissioner, that 114 officers left in their first year of service and 39 left in their second year of service during the period January to December 2000.
§ Miss WiddecombeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many Metropolitan Police Service officers are employed on a part-time basis; and if he will make a statement; [144965]
(2) what the (a) target and (b) actual police officer strength is of each metropolitan policing borough; and if he will make a statement. [144960]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeI understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that at the end of December 2000, 622 officers were employed on a part-time basis.
The table sets out the targeted and actual workforce strength of the London Borough divisions. The information has been provided by the Commissioner. Each division of the Metropolitan Police has a police budgeted work force total which is set at 1 April 2000. The divisional strength figures are those for 31 December 2000. Actual divisional strength fluctuates because of wastage and recruitment variations.
Since I last provided this information in my answer of 9 November 2000 to the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Mr. Burstow), Official Report, column 393W, police numbers in the London Borough divisions have increased by 43.
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Metropolitan Police: budgeted work force total and actual strength at divisional level Division Police budgeted workforce total2 Actual police numbers at 31 December 20002 City of Westminster 1,580 1,524.8 Kensington and Chelsea 557 524.5 Hammersmith and Fulham 517 493.4 Camden 671 652.5 Islington 554 542.9 Harrow 295 292.5 Brent 602 589.2 Barnet 517 479.1 Ealing 611 580.2 Hillingdon 376 363.7 Haringey 533 534.2 Hackney 673 655.5 Tower Hamlets 548.5 511.3 Waltham Forest 453 430.3 Redbridge 390 379.7 Havering 320.2 298.6 Newham 582.6 564.7 Barking and Dagenham 278.5 264.6 Enfield 478 458.5 Southwark 801 762 Lewisham 584 568.3 Bromley 440 411.9 Greenwich 586 563.4 Bexley 310 306.4 Croydon 549 557.8 Sutton 254 268.7 Lambeth 875 859.8 Richmond upon Thames 260 255.1 Hounslow 411 398.8 Kingston upon Thames 256 252.8
Metropolitan Police: budgeted work force total and actual strength at divisional level Division Police budgeted workforce total2 Actual police numbers at 31 December 20002 Merton 290 276.2 Wandsworth 555.3 545.2 Total 16,708.1 16,164.3 Heathrow Airport1 304 290.3 Divisional total 17,012.1 16,454.6 1 These police posts are paid for by Heathrow Airport plc. 2 Figures are full-time equivalents and have been rounded to the nearest one decimal point.